The screw up in the census

1,163 Views | 6 Replies | Last: 8 days ago by wannaggie
Logos Stick
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Ben Shapiro talks about this all time, especially as the election approached.

Several red states should have more reps and votes and blue states should have fewer.

This guy says "My analysis suggests that at least 16 Electoral Votes and 15 U.S. House seats were shifted to the Democrats now that we have preliminary results from the 2024 Election."

Can this be rectified?

Stmichael
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AG
It'll have to be taken up with the supreme court. I imagine the states who are underrepresented would have standing to sue for correcting the mistake.
CoachtobeNamed$$$
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Is there a site with the data?
Ag87H2O
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Crazy how the "mistakes" always favor Democrats, and by the time the truth comes out it's too late to do anything about it.

Think about what Trump could do right now with a 236-202 majority in the House and two or three more Senate seats.

Republicans have to learn they must be vigilant every minute of every day, and they have to contend and fight on every issue like the outcome of the whole war depends on it. Everyone knew the Democrats would try to rig the census to their favor. The Republicans should have been ready and loaded for the fight.
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CoachtobeNamed$$$ said:

Is there a site with the data?


https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/05/2020-census-undercount-overcount-rates-by-state.html
YouBet
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This should legitimately be pursued. Straight up disenfranchisement.
wannaggie
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Considering the fact that how to count the population for purposes of representation (and thus the balance of power among states - specifically slave vs free states - in the legislature) was pretty much the biggest source of political upheaval from the drafting of the Constitution to the outbreak of the Civil War, it's remarkable that the Census could be significantly wrong yet not be dominating the news.

A proper Census enables the proper apportionment of legislative/electoral power across the country. It is explicitly the defining mechanism by which we can say we have a government by, of, and for the people. Because if the people are miscounted, then the government is structurally biased to be by, of, and for some people more than others - outside their statistical representation. Without a proper count and apportionment, my ballot and my representatives in Congress may be worth more than your ballot and your representatives in Congress.

This should be top priority, else the government loses its claim to legitimacy.
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