Republicans sparred with Democrats during a Capitol Hill hearing Dec. 5 over significant miscounts in the 2020 Census. Republicans said those miscounts benefited blue states, and they renewed calls to prevent illegal immigrants from being counted in the future.
Thursday’s hearing, “Oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau,” focused on how the population in 14 states was substantially miscounted in 2020, impacting the appropriation of congressional seats, the electoral college vote, and how federal dollars are allocated.
According to the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey, undercounted states were Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas.
Overcounted states were Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Utah….