On Saturday, The Daily Signal posted an article about the problems with the 2020 Census. It seems that many blue states were overcounted and many red states were undercounted. It’s possible that was accidental, but a look at the campaign donations of the people doing the counting makes you wonder. The article notes that the political donations of the Census Bureau employees were overwhelmingly to Democrats.
The article reports:
“In 2020, the Census Bureau undercounted in primarily deep-red states like Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas, all red, while overcounting in radical blue states like Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Rhode Island,” Hunt (Representative Wesley Hunt, R-Texas)told a Nov. 19, 2025, hearing of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government.
“This egregious error led to many states being denied proper representation in Congress and the Electoral College. So much so that these errors costs Republicans … six seats in the House. In addition to the 2020 miscounting, including illegal immigrants in the census has improperly granted radical Left blue states 12 additional seats in the United States House of Representatives. That is a total of 18 seats gain and that is a huge problem. And those are the facts,” Hunt told the hearing.
The fact that this is being looked at may be one of many reasons a number of blue states have redrawn their voting districts. It is interesting that most of the blue states already have districts drawn in a way that blocks out Republicans. They really can’t do much more. For example, Massachusetts is currently represented by two senators and nine representatives, all of whom are Democrats. Massachusetts has 11% Republican voters, 50% independent voters and 34% Democrat voters. Where do the Republicans go to get represented?
The article concludes:
Apprised of the Census Bureau employee contribution bias, Hunt provided the following statement to The Washington Stand:
“The inaccuracies and deliberate manipulations embedded in Democrat-led Census reporting expose a level of corruption that plagued the previous administration and continues today under radical Left leadership. Despite these efforts, the American people saw through the deception and delivered a decisive victory for Donald Trump in the last election.
“Now, with Republicans holding all three chambers of government, we have both the responsibility and the obligation to correct these abuses immediately and restore integrity to the process by ensuring that Census data reflects only United States citizens.
“The irony is unmistakable. For years, Democrats have warned of a supposed threat to democracy, while actively engaging in the very practices that undermine it—manipulating systems designed to distort representation and influence elections. Democracy is not endangered by transparency and lawful governance. It is endangered by those who abuse institutions for political gain.”
Hunt will not be in the House of Representatives in 2027, as he is seeking the Republican nomination for the Senate in a hotly contested primary that also includes Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Lone Star State’s long-serving incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn. The primary election is March 3, 2026.