SPAKOVSKY: The Federal Gov’s Bungled Census Is Bad News For Red States. Here’s Why OPINION

SPAKOVSKY: The Federal Gov’s Bungled Census Is Bad News For Red States. Here’s Why OPINION - HANS VON SPAKOVSKY

"If a politician from Florida decides to run for president in 2024, his (or her) home state will be short two votes in the Electoral College, and when the new session of the U.S. House of Representatives convenes in January 2023, Florida will be missing two congressional seats to which it is entitled.
Why? 

Because according to a post-2020 census survey, the U.S. Census Bureau significantly undercounted the population of Florida, as well as Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. 

At the same time, it overcounted the population of eight states, all but one of which is a blue state..."