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The State of Redistricting 2022: Update to the Proportionality Analysis
Every decade, the federal Census determines the apportionment of congressional seats among the 50 states and compels states to reallocate the seats in Congress and state legislatures to ensure equal…
by Michael Watson on June 4, 2021

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The State of Redistricting 2022: Broken Commissions
The Left has sought to replace state legislative redistricting with so-called “independent redistricting commissions” of nonpolitical professionals. While the Left presents commissions as the surest way to achieve “fair” districts,…
by Michael Watson on June 4, 2021

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The State of Redistricting 2022: The Coming Commissions
In the 2021 redistricting cycle, up to 11 states will draw their congressional districts using a commission of some kind: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New…
by Michael Watson on June 4, 2021

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The State of Redistricting 2022: Power Players
While Democrats proclaim a “gerrymandering” crisis, an analysis of the U.S. House election results shows that even under a European-style proportional representation system the sizes of the House party caucuses…
by Michael Watson on June 4, 2021

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Census Bureau Severs Ties With ACORN
Breaking news: The U.S. Census Bureau notified ACORN that the radical activist group will not play a role in the 2010 Census, Fox News reports. Courtesy of Michelle…
by Matthew Vadum on September 11, 2009

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Old Gray Lady Misleads in Editorial on Census and ACORN
The New York Times was less than truthful in an editorial yesterday on ACORN’s involvement in the 2010 census. After pontificating that Republicans’ fears were overblown about Robert M. Groves, the…
by Matthew Vadum on July 17, 2009

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Vadum on America’s Morning News re ACORN and the Census
Capital Research Center is closed today for a Fourth of July weekend-extender but I still managed to do a radio interview. I spoke with Melanie Morgan and John McCaslin on “America’s…
by Matthew Vadum on July 6, 2009