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pnwmom

(110,324 posts)
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 08:43 PM Aug 2025

This is why Trump wants another census now: to increase the R seats in Congress.

The traditional census calls for counting all people, not all citizens, so even non-citizens contribute to the count used for determining House seats. He wants a new census that does NOT include undocumented people -- unlike censuses till now.

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This is why Trump wants another census now: to increase the R seats in Congress. (Original Post) pnwmom Aug 2025 OP
California still has more people.... Lovie777 Aug 2025 #1
In the House, it matter where the people are in the state. nt pnwmom Aug 2025 #2
NO doubt vapor2 Aug 2025 #3
The R's will, so they will be over-counted. nt pnwmom Aug 2025 #4
There probably won't be a form Bettie Aug 2025 #5

Bettie

(19,880 posts)
5. There probably won't be a form
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 10:22 PM
Aug 2025

They'll have some AI guy do an estimate. Or he'll make the census with a sharpie on a map, probably of the US, but who fucking knows anymore?

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