A Politics-Free Census
Kevin Binversie /
Heritage’s Conservative Bloggers’ Briefing was honored to have North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry (R) speak to some thirty or so young conservative bloggers, journalists and activists. Rep. McHenry represents North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District and is Ranking Member on the Census Subcommittee. During his discussion with those in attendance, the Congressman focused on some recent behind-the-scenes political maneuvering regarding the upcoming U.S. Census count.
Rep. McHenry mentioned past attempts by liberals in Congress to abandon the Census Bureau’s time honored standard of a “hard count” for a statistical sampling. The overwhelming problem of statistical sampling the Congressman said, was the Census Bureau itself is certain the sampling data will be incorrect and be an under-count of the U.S. population. Politically it’s even worse, as the Census information is the basis for the number of seats states receive in the House of Representatives and is also used for redistricting purposes. (more…)