How to Break the Census

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🗓️ 24 April 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The Trump administration wants to add a citizenship question to the U.S. Census, and the proposal has former Census directors up in arms. If the Supreme Court votes to allow the citizenship question, what could happen to the nation’s decennial headcount? Guest: NPR correspondent Hansi Lo Wang. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.7	Fill more, move more.
0:26.3	Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro.
0:35.0	OK, so, Hansi, you've been covering the 2020 census
0:38.1	for how long now?
0:39.4	Two years full time.
0:41.2	You said you'd stand the 2020 census.
0:45.5	I think everyone should stand the 2020 census.
0:50.6	Hansi LaWong is a reporter for NPR.
0:53.0	These are numbers that are going to affect everyone's lives.
0:56.2	In the US for the next 10 years.
0:58.4	This determines how many congressional seats,
1:00.9	like total college votes each day gets.
1:02.7	If that's too wonky for you, this is about how money,
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