Category: US Census

Elections Have Consequences for the 2020 Census

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Jay O'Callaghan

The Trump administration is overseeing the elimination of the Obama Census Bureau’s recommendations for two new complicated artificial questions for racial categories based on geography – Middle Eastern North African (MENA) and ethnicity – Hispanic-Latino, as well as a complex … Continue reading →

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Why the 2020 Census Needs a Citizenship Question

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Jay O'Callaghan

The request set off a firestorm of protest from Democratic lawmakers, liberal activists and left-leaning journalists despite the fact that before the Obama administration removed citizenship: in 2010 it was part of the main Census. They are concerned that asking … Continue reading →

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The Emerging Arab Vote in Congressional Districts

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Jay O'Callaghan

The exploding Middle Eastern-North African (MENA) Census Bureau racial population category (if implemented by the Trump administration and Congress) should mean an increase by 2022 of more than the two Muslim Democrats now serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. … Continue reading →

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Will Trump Save the 2020 Census?

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Jay O'Callaghan

Under the Obama administration, the Arab-American Institute and other Arab-American organizations supported the Census Bureau’s effort to add a separate Middle East and North African (MENA) racial category to the upcoming 2020 Census. Democrats quietly but effectively sowed the seeds … Continue reading →

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