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...losing states - although no state actually lost population, for the first census ever - are mostly blue. New York and Pennsylvania will lose two seats each, and Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin each lose one, along with Bush winners Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Oklahoma...
...Census Bureau announced Thursday that the population of the United States is up to 281,421,906, some 33 million more than in 1990. And with population figures determining the how the 435 House seats (and electoral college votes) are apportioned to each state, it will cheer Republicans to hear that most of America's population gains are in the states that November painted...
...away. The populations on the fastest rise are urban and minority, in booming population centers like Atlanta, Miami and Las Vegas, and the nation's cities are classic Democratic stomping grounds. To assume Florida stays red after the 2000 election fiasco is an exercise in denial. And when the census gets its close-view, block-by-block count finished in March, those urban and minority head-counts will give Bush a chance to address the problems with his election in Florida - or irk those groups all over again...
...Although census workers attempt to count every man, woman and child in America every ten years, a perfect count is unattainable, especially in the poor and urban areas that are traditionally Democratic. People get missed. And statistical sampling is how the Census Bureau makes...
...Council is a group intended to foster interaction between student government between Ivy League schools. Unfortunately, its annual conference amounts to little more than an expensive junket for representatives. The conference has resulted in few tangible benefits. The most recent idea attributed to the Ivy Council, the "Census 2000" initiative of Fentrice D. Driskell '01, flopped after lackluster student participation...