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What if #2030Census questionaire is still available to everyone, as Constitution A14 requires - BUT a citizenship Q? is added? This introduces discouragement (= bias) to enumeration process. Researchers at @shorensteinctr.bsky.social analyzed this in 2018! shorensteincenter.org/resource/est...

shorensteincenter.orgEstimating the Effect of Asking About Citizenship on the U.S. Census - The Shorenstein Center

Todd Graham

@metrogram.bsky.social

That study found: the discouragement provoked by citizenship topic could diminish voluntary response by > 6,000,000. ... I would think this a low estimate, bc the published analysis was in context of Trump 1st term, before the 2025+ effort by ICE to actively persecute, round up, deport millions.

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