Poll: Majority of Americans Want Citizenship Question on the Census, Including Hispanics

[Right_in_Virginia]

Poll: Majority of Americans Want Citizenship Question on the Census, Including Hispanics
Townhall, May 3, 2019, Katie Pavlich

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According to new polling from The Hill, the majority of Americans believe the question should be included. In addition, Hispanics believe it should be answered.

Six in 10 registered voters, 60 percent, in a Hill-HarrisX survey released Tuesday said that the U.S. Census Bureau should ask the citizenship question even if it results in fewer responses. Another 21 percent said the question should not be included, while 19 percent were unsure.

Despite partisan differences, a majority of voters from all demographics included in the Hill-HarrisX survey said they believed the citizenship question should be included.

White voters overwhelmingly supported the question, with 65 percent in favor and 17 percent opposed. Black respondents favored asking about citizenship by a 53-19 percent margin.  Hispanic respondents supported it, 53-28 percent.

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Considering the census is used to determine how many congressional seats are allocated to each state, the question should absolutely be included. Illegal aliens or non-citizens, who are ineligible to vote, should not be counted toward elected Congressional representation in Washington D.C. In other words, they should not be counted to determine political power.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/05/03/poll-majority-of-americans-want-citizenship-on-census-including-hispanics-n2545826

[Smokin Joe]

Considering the census is used to determine how many congressional seats are allocated to each state, the question should absolutely be included. Illegal aliens or non-citizens, who are ineligible to vote, should not be counted toward elected Congressional representation in Washington D.C. In other words, they should not be counted to determine political power.

That is precisely the issue. Illegals should be, MUST be excluded from the census for the purpose of determining representation in Congress. People who shouldn't even be here (by law) have no claim to a voice in how our country is run, because if it was being run effectively according to our laws, they wouldn't even be here.

Sufficient illegals in some areas might conceivably give the illegals a congressional representative, representation equal to some of our less populous states in the House.