Can democrats in red districts lessen red state power by declining to respond to the Census?

[Midnightwalk]

5. Not answering doesn't punish them

I think they want to scare people with immigration issues in their family into not responding at all.

They also might be trying to play more subtle political games such as having data that there are more noncitizens in liberal cities like LA than in bismark. Gaming the numbers might help with that but I wouldn’t put it past them to try not counting incomplete forms.

The ops idea of not responding at all in red areas at least has a direct effect, but could also cause unintended damage. Census numbers are used in figuring out sizes of block grants for example. There is also county data that would dilute funding in the Democratic areas that not respond. The country numbers also are used to figure out political maps. I get that gerrymandering means Democratic counties are under represented but giving them data that supports that doesn’t seem wise.

The best response would be to help make sure as many people as possible return the form. I don’t know if they take volunteers but I’d consider ringing doorbells for that.