In 2020, the Census Bureau undercounted the population in five mostly Republican states: Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.

And it overcounted in six mostly Democrat states: Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island.

It also undercounted Democrat Illinois and overcounted Republican Utah and Ohio.

But the bottom line, according to a letter from Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is that “the political infrastructure determined by the census — the Electoral College, congressional districts, and congressional seat apportionment — are built on inaccurate information. We are stuck using these faulty census results until the 2030 Census because, even if we had another census now, U.S. Code mandates that mid-decade census results ‘Shall not be used for apportionment of representatives in Congress … nor shall such information be used in prescribing congressional districts,'” explains a report at the Federalist.

Among the results is that that count “wrongly” gave “six congressional seats and Electoral College votes to the Democrat party.”

Banks’ letter to the Census Bureau charged, “The reports may have also miscounted the population in a number of voting districts. And the reports definitively included illegal aliens without tracking those aliens’ citizenship status. If left uncorrected, these errors will continue diluting the political power of American citizens.”

The Federalist explained we know about the overcounts and undercounts because the Census admitted that.

Banks now wants “information that will make it possible to review the accuracy of the 2020 Census and to assure an accurate count in 2030.”

Banks charges that the Census Bureau “published census data using a new methodology that intentionally miscounted the population and masked demographic data. The methodology, differential privacy, injects noise into individual voting districts.”

“Differential privacy,” the report explains, “is a method of collecting data that is supposed to protect privacy by adding random data into the mix so no one can be sure if the data they are looking at is accurate or the added fake data. From there, algorithms are applied that get the data in the ballpark, but never a precise count.”

Banks warned that the results of the Biden administration’s intervention in the census is that the results gave “disproportionate political power to Democrats and illegal aliens.”

The real numbers, collected before they were manipulated through Biden’s “treatment,” have remained secret, he said.

“It is crucial that the Census Bureau republishes the 2020 Census using the raw data,” Banks said.

The report explained, “Before the 2020 census, the Trump administration requested citizenship status be included in the questions, but the request was challenged and the Supreme Court stopped the inclusion of that question. But, according to Banks’ letter, it was a procedural decision and did not address whether illegal aliens could be excluded from the census. ”

He charged it is “crucial” that the 2030 Census “does not allocate political power to illegal aliens. Counting illegal aliens as part of a state’s population means that states with more illegal aliens get more government funding and more voting power. States with sanctuary cities benefit the most.”

Adam Kincaid, of the American Redistricting Project, told the Federalist the wrongful counts impact the nation’s greatest decisions – picking a president.

“Electoral College votes are determined by the total number of House and Senate seats a state has. For example, sparsely populated Wyoming has one representative seat and two senators for a total of three Electoral College votes,” the report said.

Kincaid said, “We are living in a malapportioned country right now… The Electoral College should be about six seats, redder — six votes, redder than it is. And a proper apportionment likely means that Republicans this decade would be able to win the White House without winning a single Rust Belt state. So, we are electing the [Republican] president right now with a handicap of six votes.”

Bob Unruh

Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated Press, as well as several Upper Midwest newspapers, where he covered everything from legislative battles and sports to tornadoes and homicidal survivalists. He is currently a news editor for the WND News Center, and also a photographer whose scenic work has been used commercially. Read more of Bob Unruh's articles here.