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by stymaar 29 days ago
> The 2020 Census had a number of issues and many of them ended up giving the Democrats more seats in the House than they should have.

Do you have any source on that. For a census issue to have an actual impact in an election outcome, it must either be:

- a lucky issue (flipping a very close race from one side to the other)

- a very big issue

Both can happen occasionally, but I have a hard time imagining “many of them” occurring in the same election.

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I believe a few states would have fewer seats in Congress if it weren't for some last minute adjustments. It wasn't the actual election. It was the allocation of seats to each state that had the biggest effect.