Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/09/nx-s1-5845147/trump-us-census-citizenship-question-race-categories

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ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com · 22 pts · 2d (4 replies)

With him I expect it to include something about 3/5 of a person

PlantJam@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2d (3 replies)

Worse. Remember that 3/5 was the compromise instead of just not counting certain people at all. This would be going back to not counting certain people at all.

ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com · 5 pts · 2d

Oh how lovely, suppose I was being charitable before reading.

Not only not counting some but looking to hide a bunch of demographic info presumably so they can pretend certain groups don't really exist.

Kirp123@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d (1 reply)

He would expand the categories not to count.

bedwyr@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 2d

And set it up in ways to undercount areas that vote against them.

Steve@startrek.website · 13 pts · 2d (4 replies)

Can we just put up big “WHITES ONLY” signs at the polls and get it over with?

taiyang@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d

Waaaay too many of his voters were Latinos. Possibly still are, at least with machismo men.

aceshigh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d (1 reply)

It’s not all white though.

kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d

Whites evangelicals only

Malica@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 22h

*white males

bedwyr@piefed.ca · 10 pts · 2d

Well it's the same sweeping change he tried to do his last term.

It will also let them find or lose numbers on regions they don't like. I suspect if this goes through they will purposefully set it up in a way to undercount citizens in their non strongholds.

sportsjorts@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2d

Trump and his cronies are enemies of America.