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| Census mail results could be trouble for 5 states |
| 2010-04-29 |
| Ay-Pee . . . . Here's the teaser. A little political miscalculation here? Five states -- New York, California, Texas, Arizona and Florida -- are perilously close to losing out on congressional seats because of lackluster participation in the U.S. census. Win-win for NY, CA, and FL. The five were average or below average in mailing back 10-question census forms when compared to other states, trailing by as many as 5 percentage points, according to the final census mail-in tally released Wednesday. Based on recent population trends, New York, California and Texas had been estimated to fall just above the cutoff for the last House seats when they are redistributed next year. Waiting behind them in hopes of picking up additional seats are Arizona and Florida, which are already expected to gain one seat apiece. Responses from these states also raise a red flag because of their higher shares of residents who are Latinos. The Census Bureau has said one of its main concerns is whether tensions over immigration will discourage Latinos, and particularly illegal immigrants, from participating in the government count. That issue returned to the forefront after Arizona passed a tough immigration enforcement bill. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #12 I'm from California and I think I received the census form on April 15th. I was shocked because I thought I had been spared. I just mailed it yesterday. |
| Posted by: Javins3089 2010-04-29 22:34 |
| #11 "Illegal immigrants" Words matter, people. Aliens (non-U.S. citizens) who come here legally are immigrants. Those here illegally are illegal aliens. I will not give illegals the respect of the word "immigrant." |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-04-29 21:15 |
| #10 Isn't bambi's white house running this - I'm sure they'll get the results they want. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2010-04-29 20:05 |
| #9 Of course, the whole exercise was to gerrymander districts. I have no form. Blessings be, they are incompetent. Ergo the numbers will be strange. I have doubt to whether this should "count" in the Library of Congress. Even the PDA's they use do not work. Missing information, roads, and communities. "aww pee" Was it Solomon or David that had counsel with God about census? Whats all that about? I am certain this "King" never sought counsel. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-04-29 19:52 |
| #8 Hey I got two! If I knew Florida was in trouble I would have sent the second one in. |
| Posted by: Throper Forkbeard7372 2010-04-29 17:21 |
| #7 I didn't get on, neither. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2010-04-29 17:11 |
| #6 I'm in a Texas District -- where half didn't receive anything via mail. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2010-04-29 16:27 |
| #5 In CA I'm sure you'd have to print them in Spanish, Vietnamese, Swahili and every other language known to man if you wanted to get many back. The 5% extra could easily be made up of illegals, parole violators, wanted felons, unregistered sex offenders and other valuable members of society. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-04-29 16:12 |
| #4 Odd. The local newspaper reported a week or two ago that Hawaii had one of the the lowest return rates - about 60% I think. How odd that the Democratic State of Hawaii isn't listed as being in jeopardy of losing a seat.... |
| Posted by: Gerthudion Threper4697 2010-04-29 15:14 |
| #3 And then there are districts that did not even receive the forms at all. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-04-29 07:59 |
| #2 Or you could say census mail results could be good news for 45 states that do not harbor Illegal immigrants. These states are on the verge of having congressional seats returned to them that were stolen by illegal aliens. Who knows, photo IDs could be required for voting next. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-04-29 03:49 |
| #1 Meanwhile, several couties here in WA state reported numerous instances of citizens receiving duplicate forms; we did, but being a good guy, i tossed the second in the wood stove. no reason to bolster the numbers for this terminally blue state..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2010-04-29 00:59 |