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In reply to the discussion: Census: Why don't we all just boycott the citizenship question? (assuming there is one) [View all]OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)They cannot assume that the majority of the country is non-citizen. So if the majority of the census-respondents leave it blank, it will thwart their plans. It would be factually incorrect to assume the majority of the US population are non-citizens, so making such an assumption would be wrong and would undermine their aims.
Also, "heavily Republican states" won't get more seats. Seats are apportioned to states by population, period ("whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed," see Amendment XIV, Section 2).
All this question can do is determine district lines within states. And Republicans wi'll draw the district lines wrong if we refuse to cooperate. You're right that they want to make long-lasting change, so go ahead and cooperate in their plan by helping them get accurate data if you want to. I won't. Catch ya later.