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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
9/7/2021
Too Often, Politicians Pick Their Voters
by Warren E. Milteer Jr.
Political factions and then organized parties have fought over the size, composition and geographical ordering of the electorate since the founding. This legacy today undermines the legitimacy of government and the political will to protect the right to vote.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
5/20/2021
Political Power Keeps Shifting from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt. Here’s Why
by Keith Orejel
The recent Census results and ensuing reapportionment are part of a decades-old process initiated by New Deal and World War II era policies that encouraged economic development in the South and reshaped American demographics and political economy.
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SOURCE: NPR
4/20/2021
Stuck At 435 Representatives? Why The U.S. House Hasn't Grown With Census Counts
Legislation passed in 1929 sets a cap on the size of the US House of Representatives, making the decennial census a high-stakes battle for precious seats. Expanding the House would make it more democratic and avoid taking existing seats away.
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SOURCE: Data & Society
4/14/2021
House Arrest: How An Automated Algorithm Constrained Congress for a Century
In 1929, Congress adopted a formula for apportionment based on the Census. While made political disputes a matter of law, it also capped the size of the House, which has not kept up with population growth and contributed to the disproportionate influence of small states in the House and the Electoral College.
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SOURCE: MSNBC
11/7/2020
Will the Trump-Biden Election Disaster Finally Convince Us to Scrap the Electoral College?
by Kevin M. Kruse
Abolishing the Electoral College isn't a radical idea. It had bipartisan support in the 1960s as a reform consistent with the Supreme Court's rulings that established "one person, one vote" as the core principle of representation in a constitutional democracy.
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SOURCE: Census Stories
9/1/2020
The Harvard Mimeograph
by Dan Bouk
The story of the 1920 census shows how difficult it can be to disentangle the methodology of the Census from the political impact of the results.
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SOURCE: NPR
4/13/2020
Trump Officials Ask To Delay Census Data For Voting Districts, House Seats
If approved, the request could throw a wrench into redistricting plans in many states.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
3/12/2020
Counting Everyone—Citizens and Non-Citizens—In the 2020 Census is Crucial
by Brendan A. Shanahan
Even without a citizenship question, the Trump administration wants to shape how states reapportion their legislatures.
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