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The left, led by radical far-leftist Eric Holder devised a scheme called “redistricting’ to get themselves more power and they were highly successful at it, and the truth is that now that we see the details of their plot to screw up America’s representative Republic and how it worked- the only thing we can do is never return a Democrat to DC again in our lifetimes.
“At the risk of overusing a phrase, the 2024 presidential election may be the most important — and perhaps the closest — in history. Last week’s Census Bureau announcement of serious errors will impact the next decade’s congressional apportionment and delegations, and play a crucial role in the presidential race. Given the nature of the mistakes, Democrats could hang onto the presidency under particularly controversial circumstances due to publicly-acknowledged errors,” The Hill reported this week.
And if that doesn’t churn your stomach and give you a punch to the gut, you may be a part of the usurpation by the left.
According to The Hill, the Census Bureau acknowledged that 14 states had significant miscounts in the 2020 census. The question is whether anything can be done about correcting the miscount- so that the American people can have their liberty and their nation back.
The pattern that is emerging from the census mistake is fascinating.
Among the overcounted states: Hawaii, Delaware, Rhode Island, Minnesota, New York, and Massachusetts, five of these six voted for Joe Biden in that year’s presidential election.
Isn’t that intriguing?
In the undercounted states were Texas, Illinois, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas, five of these six voted for Donald Trump.
Of course, the Democrats will claim that it is impossible to count over 330 Million citizens, and they will ignore that the Census Bureau missed more than 5 percent of the population in three states- Arkansas, Delaware, and Hawaii.
Why can’t we get better government employees to do this highly important work? No business would be allowed to make such reckless errors. No individual citizen would be allowed to miss 5% of their income in taxes.
I digress…
And here is how our civil servants have screwed up our right to self-governance and representation, according to The Hill:
“The changes will impact national politics in a dramatic fashion. The 2020 census led to significant changes to congressional seats apportioned to states. Texas gained two congressional seats, while North Carolina, Florida, Montana, Colorado and Oregon each gained one. New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and California each lost one seat in Congress.
There was a significant surprise that population growth winners such as Texas and Florida didn’t gain more seats. With the possible exception of Illinois not losing a seat, the likely effects of an accurate count would have overwhelmingly aided red states.
Simply put, the revised figures show that (mostly) red states had even quicker relative population growth compared to the rest of the country — and especially compared to (mostly) blue states. It is entirely possible that undercounted states could have gained at least one seat in Congress, while overcounted states may have lost at least one each.”
The error resulted in over 600,000 overcounted residents in New York and a similar amount undercounted in Texas. Last year, media coverage lamented that New York lost a member of Congress by being 89 residents short. With the revised, accurate numbers, New York may have lost a second seat — had the corrected numbers been available earlier. Considering that Republicans need to flip just five seats to retake Congress, each misplaced seat is crucial.
Had states known the true figures within the past year, the redistricting process would have been very different for the miscounted states. Not only are the number of seats per state affected, but the district lines are, as well. In addition, the Electoral College determines the weight per state based on the total representatives and senators.
The loss or gain of a single-seat affects two Electoral College votes — the one gained by one party, and thus lost by the other.
Furthermore, seat apportionments are based on relative growth — whether a state is growing compared to the other 49. The original 2020 figures showed New York’s population increasing by about 800,000 residents, to 20.2 million.
“Instead, the population remained effectively flat compared to 2010, at 19.5 million. Florida’s population jumped even more than counted originally, ballooning from 18.9 million in 2010 to 21.1 million — about a half-million more than originally estimated,” The Hill explains.
It is important to know that nothing will be fixed- and that is the danger of allowing Democrats to have any power in politics- they never serve the American people with fairness.
“The Supreme Court considered whether revised, more accurate numbers could be used for reapportionment in 1999 and determined that such differences could not be considered in congressional seat counts. The inaccurate 2020 figures will stand. Since almost every error benefited Democrats, the risk of undermining,” The Hill reported.
SO the next question is: Are readers ready to vote in the mid-terms yet?
Source: The Republic Brief