{"id":12702,"date":"2017-11-22T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/gerrymandering-fan-in-line-for-number-two-job-at-census-bureau\/"},"modified":"2017-11-22T19:28:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:28:00","slug":"gerrymandering-fan-in-line-for-number-two-job-at-census-bureau","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/vi\/articles\/gerrymandering-fan-in-line-for-number-two-job-at-census-bureau\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerrymandering Fan In Line for Number Two Job At Census Bureau"},"template":"","class_list":["post-12702","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The Trump administration appears ready to install a gerrymandering advocate in the number two job at the Census Bureau.","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8577}"],"related_issues":[103,138,169,2066],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"The public\u2019s growing awareness of \u2013 and anger at \u2013 how elected officials have rigged congressional and legislative elections across the country by manipulating district lines is fueling a national movement for independent redistricting commissions to squeeze partisanship out of the mapmaking process and make elections more competitive.\r\n\r\nSo maybe it\u2019s not surprising that the Trump administration, which enjoys a Republican majority in Congress thanks largely to partisan gerrymandering, appears ready to install a gerrymandering advocate in the number two job at the Census Bureau, an agency whose work is a critical first step in congressional and legislative redistricting.\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/11\/21\/trump-census-pick-causes-alarm-252571\">Politico reported Tuesday<\/a><\/strong> that the president is leaning toward appointing Thomas Brunell, a Texas professor and author of a book entitled \u201cRedistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections Are Bad for America,\u201d as deputy director of the Census Bureau.\r\n\r\nThe job traditionally has gone to a career civil servant with a background in statistics; Brunell, who teaches political science, is not a statistician and has no experience in government. He advocates drawing districts that group like-minded voters together and reduce partisan competition and has been a frequent witness on behalf of Republicans fighting lawsuits challenging GOP redistricting plans.\r\n\r\nBrunell was in line for the Census Bureau\u2019s top post but was moved to the second slot by administration planners after his name sparked objections on Capitol Hill, Politico said. \u00a0The Senate must confirm the Census Bureau director but the deputy is solely the president\u2019s choice.\r\n\r\nBecause the Constitution requires that citizens receive equal representation in Congress, state legislatures, and city and county councils, a full and accurate Census count is integral to the redistricting process.\r\n\r\nAs deputy, Brunell would be well-positioned to influence the development of questions on the 2021 census form. Republicans have a longstanding interest in adding questions about citizenship to the census, a shift that almost certainly would benefit their party by driving many undocumented immigrants to evade the count.\r\n\r\nBrunell \u201cis not a man that should be handed the keys to the 2020 Census. Americans expect and deserve a fair and accurate Census that is free from the political partisanship Brunell would bring to the process,\u201d said Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn.\r\n\r\n\u201cBrunell\u2019s lack of experience and support of adding questions on citizenship and legal status to the census questionnaire are extremely troubling and would further erode public confidence in a fair Census,\u201d Hobert Flynn added.\r\n\r\nBrunell\u2019s possible appointment also drew fire today from editors at The Washington Post. His political affiliations and history as an advocate for partisan mapmaking have \u201cinflamed preexisting worries that the Trump administration will meddle with the count,\u201d the newspaper said in an editorial. \u201cOf particular concern is the possibility that the president would order that census forms ask about immigration status, which would result in low response rates and, potentially, massive undercounts in minority communities.\u201d\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">###<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gerrymandering Fan In Line for Number Two Job At Census Bureau - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/vi\/bai-viet-2\/gerrymandering-fan-in-line-for-number-two-job-at-census-bureau\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"vi_VN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gerrymandering Fan In Line for Number Two Job At Census Bureau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/vi\/bai-viet-2\/gerrymandering-fan-in-line-for-number-two-job-at-census-bureau\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/gerrymandering-fan-in-line-for-number-two-job-at-census-bureau\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/gerrymandering-fan-in-line-for-number-two-job-at-census-bureau\/\",\"name\":\"Gerrymandering Fan In Line for Number Two Job At Census Bureau - 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