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mopinko

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5. we really should just dump that census.

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2022, 01:37 PM

Mar 2022

or at least resample enough areas to figure out, statistically, who was undercounted, and by how much, and adjust accordingly. i can hear the loons howling as i type this, but it's what needs to be done.
the numbers are hopelessly corrupt, tho, if you ask me.

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U.S. Census undercounted Black people, Latinos, Native Americans, officials say [View all] OneCrazyDiamond Mar 2022 OP

No doubt. This was in the cards from the beginning under Trump hlthe2b Mar 2022 #1

Kickin' with disgust! Faux pas Mar 2022 #2

Is there any recourse for this? Can adjustments be made to the official results? patphil Mar 2022 #3

No surprise there. Baitball Blogger Mar 2022 #4

we really should just dump that census. mopinko Mar 2022 #5

noooo... llashram Mar 2022 #6

The article does not contain anything to support the conclusions treestar Mar 2022 #7

From the excerpt, this supports the title conclusion that they were undercounted Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #9

Those are conclusions treestar Mar 2022 #13

It was a validation survey JudyM Mar 2022 #10

What were the mechanics ix treestar Mar 2022 #14

Goal of tRump, Ross & all their White Supremacist Cabal. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #8

Mission accomplished. yardwork Mar 2022 #11

Trump and his Census director should be criminally charged. LiberalFighter Mar 2022 #12

In the way-back-when, I took a journalism class in undergrad school. PatrickforB Mar 2022 #15