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High-profile people, Republican politicians and social media users are portraying increased immigration at the U.S. sout
High-profile people, Republican politicians and social media users are portraying increased immigration at the U.S. sout
Imagine this: You're voting on a matter of national significance, you get to the front of the line, and the poll worker asks, "What state...
(Archived document, may contain errors) POLITICAL GERRYMANDERING AND THE CONSTITUTION
Posted by TheConversation | May 3, 2021 | Syndicated | By Dudley L. Poston Jr., Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University New data from the 2020 U.S. census released April 26, 2021, indicates that starting in 2023, after the next congressional elections, seven states will have fewer seats in Congress than they do now, and six will have more. These calculations and changes are the primary purpose of the government’s efforts every 10 years to count all the people who live in the United States. It’s written into the U.S. Constitution. In addition, the number of House seats a state has h...