The Trump administration is adding a citizenship question to the census. Here’s why that’s bad for Democrats.

3/28/18
from The Washington Post,
3/26/18:

Although this may seem like the arcane workings of the federal bureaucracy, it is a decision that carries potentially major political ramifications — most notably for Republicans' ability to gerrymander Democrats into the minority for years to come. And some are crying foul.

But why is this a big deal?

The citizenship question was included on the census through 1950, and in 2000 it was included in the long form distributed to one in every six recipients. Since 2005, it has been included on the American Community Survey, which provides estimates between censuses, but it has not been asked in any way that could provide extensive nationwide data for redistricting purposes.

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