For the sake of argument, say the 2020 election was 100% fair and all the various arguments against it were specious. That still leaves an entirely new and far more indisputable claim about election integrity: The 2024 election could be wrongfully called due to a little known apportionment error. This error has been formally acknowledged by the Census Bureau and could easily cost Trump the election. In a shocking report, the U.S. Census Bureau admitted that it overcounted the populations of eight states and undercounted the populations of six states in the 2020 census. This matters because the 538 votes that make up the Electoral College come from the 435 House seats and 100 Senate seats they represent, plus three for the District of Columbia. Whichever candidate reaches 270 EC votes wins the presidency.
Right now, all focus is currently on which candidate will win PA, MI, and WI, and that’s because Trump’s polling suggests he’s likely to get 268 votes (without those states) and thus need one of them to put him over the finish line. That would NOT be the case, however, had the electoral college been properly allocated.
The Census Bureau overcounted the population of eight states in the 2020 census:
* Delaware (+5.45%)
* Hawaii (+6.79%)
* Massachusetts (+2.24%)
* Minnesota (+3.84%)
* New York (+3.44%)
* Ohio (+1.49%)
* Rhode Island (+5.05%)
* Utah (+2.59%)
Additionally, the Census Bureau undercounted 6 states: Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas.
Per the Census Bureau, “Florida needed only 171,500 more residents to gain another congressional seat.” Turns out, it was “undercounted by over three-quarters of a million people.” “Texas needed only 189,000 more people to gain another congressional seat.” Similarly, “Texas was undercounted by 560,319 residents.” Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Colorado should have each lost a congressional seat.
This means the Electoral Map should have been fixed in the following ways:
-Florida should actually have 32 EC votes.
-Texas should actually have 41 EC votes.
-Minnesota should only have 9 EC votes.
-Rhode Island should only have 3 EC votes.
-Colorado should only have 9 EC votes.
If Trump wins the swing states of NC, GA, AZ and NV, but loses PA, MI, and WI (a very likely scenario), he SHOULD have been the victor at 271 EC votes. Without fixing this error, however, he loses at only 268 EC votes.
Excerpt:
The Census Bureau has not explained how it got the 2020 census so wrong. This is particularly troublesome because the bureau reported an error rate of 0.01% in the 2010 census — an overcount of only 36,000 people, a statistically insignificant mistake. The 2020 errors were discovered through the “2020 Post-Enumeration Survey.” After each census, the bureau interviews a large number of households across the country and then compares the interview answers with the original census responses. The 2020 survey showed that the bureau overcounted the population in Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Utah. The largest mistake was in President Biden’s home state of Delaware, which was overcounted by 5.45%.
“Unfortunately, the federal statutes governing the census and apportionment provide no remedy to correct this problem.” All we can do is wait until 2030 for the next scheduled national census.
Conclusion: If Trump were to lose with 268 EC votes when he SHOULD have been awarded 271, it would indisputably be a stolen election.
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Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau
https://www2.census.gov/.../census-coverage-estimates-for...
https://www.washingtontimes.com/.../census-errors-will.../