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Botched census count ‘accidentally’ handed Democrats 6 extra House votes
The Washington Times ^ | 17 Oct, 2025 | Editorial Board

Posted on 10/20/2025 5:54:42 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Once Congress figures out how to pass a budget, fixing the census must come next on the priority list. The 2020 population count was rigged in a way that handed the Democratic Party six congressional seats it doesn’t deserve. That matters when control of the House is three seats away from changing from red to blue.

In a report compiled during President Biden’s administration, the Census Bureau acknowledged that six states were undercounted in 2020 and eight were overcounted. We’re just supposed to believe it was a coincidence that Mr. Biden’s allies were the beneficiaries in almost every instance.

The Heritage Foundation evaluated the impact of these errors and found the biggest winners, in order, were New York, Minnesota, Ohio, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Utah, Delaware and Rhode Island. The big losers were Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Illinois, Arkansas and Mississippi.

Had the tally been performed honestly, the Sunshine State would have picked up two additional representatives and the Lone Star State would add another likely Republican to its delegation. On the Democrat side, Colorado retained a district it should have lost, while Minnesota and Rhode Island each profited by one seat. Overall, Democrats gained six House seats and six votes in the Electoral College.

Sen. Jim Banks last week asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to investigate the shenanigans. “The integrity of the American political system depends on knowing exactly how many people are in each state — and each voting district. In the past, the Census Bureau has gotten those numbers right without statistically significant errors,” the Indiana Republican wrote.

Under the guise of COVID-19, census bureaucrats decided it was too dangerous

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: leftism
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1 posted on 10/20/2025 5:54:42 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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This is not something the agency is allowed to do. The Constitution requires an “actual enumeration” of the “whole number of free persons” every 10 years, not a guestimate
2 posted on 10/20/2025 5:55:12 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

“Botched” and “Accidentally” is in-your-face BS. Anyone that believes that line is lost.


3 posted on 10/20/2025 5:58:28 AM PDT by paulcissa (The left hates you and wants you dead.)
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To: MtnClimber

They cheat. It’s what Democrats do.

We need to ‘fix this’ and we also stand to gain another 19 seats once the Supreme Court ends the racial gerrymandering.


4 posted on 10/20/2025 5:58:31 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: MtnClimber

Democrats also pushed for “statistical sampling” to be added to the Census, so they could add “phantom” people to the census, and it worked here.


5 posted on 10/20/2025 5:58:43 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: MtnClimber

How can there be an overcount in the census?

The census is supposed to be an actual count of all people in this country. It is not supposed to be a projection or estimate of the number of people.

I can’t help but wonder what kind of crazy procedures did they use? I can understand an undercount if they missed some people. But how could you have an overcount?

I’m sure I don’t understand their procedures.


6 posted on 10/20/2025 5:59:44 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: MtnClimber

I also don’t understand that when these problems were discovered, why the congressional representation cannot be fixed? If an error is discovered, why can’t the error be fixed? Why were we told that these errors happened? But nothing can be done about it?,


7 posted on 10/20/2025 6:01:07 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: MtnClimber
This does not need investigating.
The error has been admitted.
This needs to be FIXED!
And waiting until the next census
for a correct count isn't fixing it!
Elections will be held before then.
8 posted on 10/20/2025 6:01:34 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: MtnClimber

Anyone who has ever done their family ancestry knows that the census is a far-left commie scam. A stinking Feral political joke.


9 posted on 10/20/2025 6:02:37 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Beware the far-left "No Kings" backshooting DemonRAT Luigis. )
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To: MtnClimber

Why do things that involve ‘counting’, which is the simplest and most basic form of math, always seem to benefit Democrats whenever ‘mistakes are made’?..................


10 posted on 10/20/2025 6:02:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: MtnClimber

Why do things that involve ‘counting’, which is the simplest and most basic form of math, always seem to benefit Democrats whenever ‘mistakes are made’?..................


11 posted on 10/20/2025 6:02:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: MtnClimber

I’m pretty sure that the permanent state bureaucrats dumped in old, bad data to extend the census till Trump was safely out of office.

They had me checking a mobile home that had been dumped in the woods 25 years before.

They didn’t know that I’d been a database manager AND a construction guy in the past.


12 posted on 10/20/2025 6:04:08 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: TigerClaws
--- "They cheat. It's what Democrats do."

It is who they are, as well. Sadly this also explains the Democrat-adjacent RINOs.

13 posted on 10/20/2025 6:04:30 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Red Badger

The educators have confused math with arithmetic to increase their salaries


14 posted on 10/20/2025 6:05:05 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: MtnClimber

Which means Trump should have had 6 more electoral votes.


15 posted on 10/20/2025 6:07:16 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: TigerClaws

If you had a free, fair, and honest election system combined with an accurate census that did not count illegals, Democrats would come nowhere close to a majority in the USA.

Being generous, I think the Democrats would not exceed 40-45% of the vote if everything was done accurately and fairly.

They are nowhere near a majority in the US, otherwise they would have no need to cheat to win elections and hold political power.


16 posted on 10/20/2025 6:07:31 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

RINOs and Dems unite for the cheap labor express.

Keeping wages down requires a steady stream of illegals coming in to compete with (and replace) American workers. Blacks have figured it out - they’re being replaced already as the largest minority group.

But previously (before Trump) we only got the Washington Generals RINO fake opposition Republicans who were content to be a minority party.

None of Trump’s changes are permanent and could be reversed tomorrow. Dems and RINOs are just waiting out his present term hoping to get back in power.


17 posted on 10/20/2025 6:08:10 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: srmanuel

The Democrat Party absolutely depends on the votes of black people. A small change of say 6 or 7% of the Black vote will eliminate the Democrat party.

Black is existential for the Democrats


18 posted on 10/20/2025 6:10:21 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: MtnClimber

From the article:
“ The 2020 population count was rigged in a way that handed the Democratic Party six congressional seats it doesn’t deserve.”

Not “votes” but “seats”

‘count was rigged in a way that handed the Democratic Party six congressional SEATS it doesn’t deserve.


19 posted on 10/20/2025 6:11:40 AM PDT by stanne
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To: srmanuel

I think Democrats are more like 30% of the population.

They’re a Deep State (USAID etc.) funded agitprop fake party.

Taxpayers paid the New York Times to prop it up; Politico; and the ‘NGOs’ that paid to have our nation and Europe invaded with foreigners.

Democrat party: 12% blacks (sadly, they are all on board for the freebies); 2% alphabet people; 5% aging hippies; 5% union; 10% cat ladies; 2% Muslims.

Basically, the Democrat party is able to combine a group of anti-American grievance groups with push button emotional issues (”They’ll take away your abortion rights, gay rights, put you back in chains!”) to manipulate them into supporting the Dem cause above any issue of reason or facts. It’s a feminized party (see the lecture we posted on that topic earlier today.)


20 posted on 10/20/2025 6:12:07 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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