Expert explains constitutional history and centuries of census inclusion practice
2 Oct 8 · 5d ago · 4 posts · 1 source · development 2 of 2
Boyd explains that since the first census in 1790, all people who are residents of the U.S. have been counted regardless of citizenship status, and that excluding noncitizens from apportionment represents a partisan move departing from this longstanding constitutional practice and interpretation.
“Since the first census in 1790, all people who are residents of the United States have been counted, regardless of where they are born or if they were formally naturalized.”
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“Right now, the Census Bureau is facing the destruction of long-standing norms, the departure of people with sizable institutional knowledge, micromanaging of the scientific method, and egregious partisan dictates,” warns an expert on the census. https:// boltsmag.org/trump-control-cen sus-your-questions-answered/
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Census Bureau researchers oppose asking about citizenship on the census because they warn it will lower participation, explains an expert on the census: “They don’t want to undercount people. But politicians might find that advantageous.” https:// boltsmag.org/trump-control-cen sus-your-questions-answered/
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“In the United States, the census is the backbone of our representative democracy,” says danah boyd, an author and expert on the census. In our new Q&A, she answers readers’ questions about Trump’s efforts to transform the census. https:// boltsmag.org/trump-control-cen sus-your-questions-answered/
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Ethnographer and author danah boyd interviewed hundreds of civil servants in the lead-up to the 2020 census. Now, she answers your questions about the census’s inner workings, and current federal efforts to take control of it. https:// boltsmag.org/trump-control-cen sus-your-questions-answered/
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How have past presidents interfered with the census? What is President Trump looking to do? How have census workers responded to hostility? You asked us questions about the census, and we answered: https:// boltsmag.org/trump-control-cen sus-your-questions-answered/
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