During a House Oversight Committee hearing about the U.S. Census Thursday, Chairman James Comer revealed population is being overcounted in areas that benefit Democrats -- ultimately skewing representation in Congress.
“In 2020, the Post-Enumeration Survey suggests that there were overcounts in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Delaware, Minnesota, Utah, and Ohio. And there were undercounts in Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Illinois," Comer said. “Six of the eight states benefiting from overcounts tended to favor Democrats in awarding congressional apportionment and electoral college votes."
“Meanwhile, five of the six states that were unfairly penalized by undercounts tended to vote for Republicans," he continued. “These miscounts had an impact on representation. Small numbers of proportional differences in population between states can impact the apportionment calculation. In the 2020 apportionment, a difference of only 89 people was the tipping point for New York being apportioned 26 seats instead of 27."
🚨 Chairman Comer (@RepJamesComer) Opens Hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) December 5, 2024
“The Census Bureau’s Post-Enumeration Survey—which measures Census count accuracy—revealed significant errors in 14 states. These errors predominantly benefited Democratic-leaning states in… pic.twitter.com/H6iWNQ3gmx
Further, illegal aliens are counted as part of the Census, which fought to keep a question about citizenship off of the 2020 survey.
🔥 Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) GOES OFF on the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau for not including a citizenship status question.
— Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) December 5, 2024
"Are you getting welfare?
"Do you work for the government?
"Do you have a mental illness?
"Are you deaf?
"Are you blind?
"What's your race?… pic.twitter.com/IgiCsnixCO
The hearing was conducted to ensure the same mistakes are not made during the 2030 census.
