> WELCOME BACK TO "THE CROSS
CONNECTION."
TIME TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
>> HI, TIFFANY.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
CENSUS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME HOW CENSUS
REAPPORTIONMENT WORKS AND WHY
SOME STAINS GAINED
REPRESENTATION AND SOME STATES
LOST AND WHETHER THAT WILL
AFFECT FUTURE ELECTIONS AT THE
STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL?
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, DAWN, FOR THAT
EXCELLENT QUESTION.
ALL RIGHT.
LETS GET TO IT.
SO ITS ALL THE TALK ABOUT THE
CENSUS AND VOTING DISTRICTS IN
THE NEWS, I CAN PROMISE YOURE
NOT THE ONLY PERSON WONDERING
WTH IS GOING ON.
SO THE NUMBER OF
COLLEGE VOTES A STATE HAS AND
THE NUMBER OF SEATS IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE BOTH
BASED ON THE STATES POPULATION,
AND THATS COUNTED EVERY TEN
YEARS IN THE CENSUS.
THE MOST RECENT CENSUS WAS LAST
YEAR, SO ITS TIME TO
REDISTRIBUTE SOME OF THAT
POLITICAL POWER.
BEFORE I GET INTO THE
NITTY-GRITTY, REMEMBER THE FIRST
PRIMARY OF 2022 IS LESS THAN A
YEAR AWAY, YOU GUYS, AND ON TOP
OF THAT, ITS IN TEXAS, WHICH IS
SUPPRESSING THE VOTE LIKE THE
RAP SONG SAYS AT THE SAME DAMN
TIME IT JUST GOT AWARDED TWO
MORE HOUSE SEATS BECAUSE OF THAT
CENSUS.
SO HERES HOW IT WORKS.
CENSUS APPOINTMENT IS THE
PROCESS OF DIVIDING UP THE 435
SEATS IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES ACROSS OUR
CURRENT 50 STATES.
EVERY STATE GETS ONE
AUTOMATICALLY.
THE OTHER 385 ARE BASED ON
POPULATION.
SIDE NOTE, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE
WASHINGTON, D.C., SO EVEN THOUGH
WE HAVE A BIGGER POPULATION THAN
VERMONT AND WYOMING, WE HAVE
ZERO REPRESENTATION IN THE
HOUSE, BUT I DIGRESS.
THE CENSUS BUREAU TRIES TO COUNT
UP EVERYONE RESIDING IN THE
UNITED STATES, CHILDREN AND
ADULT, WHETHER OR NOT THEYRE
CITIZENS.
EVEN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE COUNTED ALTHOUGH
YOUR BOY DONALD TRUMP FOUGHT
LIKE HELL NOT TO.
HE EVEN TRIED TO INCLUDE A
QUESTION ABOUT CITIZENSHIP AND
EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS ULTIMATELY
DEFEATED, THE DEBATE MAY STILL
HAVE DISCOURAGED MANY IMBRANTMIG
FROM BEING COUNTED.
IT USES THE METHOD OF EQUAL TO
PROPORTIONS.
THIS YEAR TEXAS GAINED TWO SEATS
AND NORTH CAROLINA, FLORIDA,
OREGON ANY OTHERS ALSO PICKED UP
ONE EACH WHILE NEW YORK,
ILLINOIS AND CALIFORNIA AMONG
OTHERS ALL LOSE A SEAT.
THATS A TREND THATS BEEN GOING
ON SINCE 1940.
THE NORTHEAST AND MIDWEST HAVE
LOST A NET OF 84 SEATS TO SOUTH
AND WEST SINCE THEN.
AS FAR AS HOW THIS ALL MIGHT
AFFECT ELECTIONS, WELL, THAT
BRINGS US TO REDISTRICTING.
THE CENSUS WILL SEND MORE DATA
TO THE STATES IN THE COMING
MONTHS ABOUT WHO LIVES WHERE AND
THE STATES WILL USE THAT TO
RE-DRAW THEIR LEGISLATIVE MAPS.
IN EACH STATE EACH DISTRICT IS
SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE SAME
NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, BUT HOW
THOSE BOUNDARIES ARE DRAWN CAN
DETERMINE WHICH PARTY WILL WIN
THAT SEAT FOR THE NEXT DECADE.
SO YOU GUYS, THIS IS A
KNOCKDOWN, DRAG OUT FIGHT AND IT
HAPPENS IN EVERY STATE.
BY THE WAY, REPUBLICANS CONTROL
A LOT MORE OF THE STATEHOUSES
THAT WILL BE DRAWING THESE NEW
MAPS.
SO THIS IS A REMIND TOREER TO MA
SURE YOU FILL OUT YOUR SENSE US
IN 2030.
THIS IS NINE YEARS AWAY, BUT
SERIOUSLY, EVERYONE COUNTS.
LITERALLY.
IF NEW YORK STATE HAD COUNTED 89
MORE PEOPLE LAST YEAR IT WOULD
HAVE KEPT THAT HOUSE SEAT.
SO, DAWN, IT WILL BE A WHILE
BEFORE WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW THIS
WILL ALL SHAKE OUT, BUT KEEP IT
RIGHT HERE BECAUSE WE WONT BE
TAKING OUR EYES OFF THIS STORY
AT ALL.
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