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Drawing Lines with the Census
Debate continues over use of statistical sampling
By Genaro C. Armas/AP
The Bush administration is committed to using raw census numbers for political redistricting, but may allow adjusted numbers to be used to allocate federal funds among the states, House Republican sources said on Feb. 8.
Democrats contend that the statistical method known as “sampling” protects against an expected undercount of minorities, the poor and children. They said any decision by President Bush to prevent sampling from being used for redistricting would disenfranchise millions of Americans who were missed in the 2000 census.
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