Diluting political power of American citizens: Congressman thrashes Census Bureau over 2020 blunders

[Elderberry]

WND 10/6/2025

'Diluting political power of American citizens': Congressman thrashes Census Bureau over 2020 blunders, to make sure they're not repeated

Once-a-decade project undercounted GOP in 5 states, overcounted Dems in 6 more

In 2020, the Census Bureau undercounted the population in five mostly Republican states: Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.

And it overcounted in six mostly Democrat states: Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island.

It also undercounted Democrat Illinois and overcounted Republican Utah and Ohio.

But the bottom line, according to a letter from Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is that "the political infrastructure determined by the census — the Electoral College, congressional districts, and congressional seat apportionment — are built on inaccurate information. We are stuck using these faulty census results until the 2030 Census because, even if we had another census now, U.S. Code mandates that mid-decade census results 'Shall not be used for apportionment of representatives in Congress … nor shall such information be used in prescribing congressional districts,'" explains a report at the Federalist.

Among the results is that that count "wrongly" gave "six congressional seats and Electoral College votes to the Democrat party."

Banks' letter to the Census Bureau charged, "The reports may have also miscounted the population in a number of voting districts. And the reports definitively included illegal aliens without tracking those aliens' citizenship status. If left uncorrected, these errors will continue diluting the political power of American citizens."

The Federalist explained we know about the overcounts and undercounts because the Census admitted that.

More: https://www.wnd.com/2025/10/diluting-political-power-american-citizens-congressman-thrashes-census/

[Smokin Joe]

I never saw anything on the long form asking what country I was a citizen of, or whether or not I was an American Citizen. Maybe I missed it, but I do not recall it.