Federalist Radio Hour Reforming The Census Is Crucial To Election Integrity
Aug 15, 2025
Wade Miller, a senior advisor at the Center for Renewing America, discusses crucial reforms for the Census Bureau to enhance election integrity. He highlights the significant inaccuracies from the 2020 census, particularly in how they affect voter representation and federal funding. Miller raises concerns about the treatment of illegal immigrants in the census and its implications for apportionment and redistricting. He also delves into the challenges posed by differential privacy and calls for a broader reassessment to ensure fair representation across all communities.
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Republish As A Workaround To Mid‑Decade Census
- Republishing past census data can be used to adjust apportionment and redistricting without a full mid-decade count.
- Wade Miller argues republishing plus legal strategies could shift seats and correct miscounts in favor of fairer representation.
Apportionment Versus Redistricting Matter Differently
- Apportionment assigns seats to states while redistricting draws internal districts within states.
- Changing redistricting rules or counting methods will shift political power even if apportionment stays the same.
2020 Census Errors Were Unusually Large
- The 2020 census had unusually large errors compared with prior decades, especially in Texas and other states.
- Miller calls 2020 the worst census in recent memory and says those errors benefited Democrats.