05/02: Politicizing the 2010 Census?
Category: Politics
Posted by: an okie gardener
According to this report in CQ Politics
The director of the Census Bureau will report directly to the White House and not the secretary of Commerce, according to a senior White House official.
The decision came after black and Hispanic leaders raised questions about Commerce Secretary nominee Judd Gregg ’s commitment to funding the census.
What could possibly go wrong in bringing the 2010 Census more under the control of a White House Administration with ties to ACORN?
My guess is that we will see another push to create the decadal census numbers used for Congressional apportionment based on models, rather than hard numbers. In the past the claim has been made that the Census Bureau regularly undercounts urban areas and minorities. To make up for this supposed shortfall, it has been advocated that estimated numbers be used. Here is a PBS NewsHour segment from 2001.
Sounds like a way to strengthen Democrat representation at the state and federal level.
The director of the Census Bureau will report directly to the White House and not the secretary of Commerce, according to a senior White House official.
The decision came after black and Hispanic leaders raised questions about Commerce Secretary nominee Judd Gregg ’s commitment to funding the census.
What could possibly go wrong in bringing the 2010 Census more under the control of a White House Administration with ties to ACORN?
My guess is that we will see another push to create the decadal census numbers used for Congressional apportionment based on models, rather than hard numbers. In the past the claim has been made that the Census Bureau regularly undercounts urban areas and minorities. To make up for this supposed shortfall, it has been advocated that estimated numbers be used. Here is a PBS NewsHour segment from 2001.
Sounds like a way to strengthen Democrat representation at the state and federal level.
Martian Mariner wrote:
@ population modeling - There is pretty much a 0% chance that all 310 million plus American residents can be counted in a census. Models are a key function in any modern system of obtaining census data. Besides, models for the census have a long history - what else could we call the system which called black Americans 3/5 of a person?