Baltimore City Mayor Martin O?Malley?s call for an appeal of U.S. Census Bureau data raises the question of how much Census numbers matter in an election year.

“For O?Malley, that?s key,” said Shawn J. Parry-Giles, associate professor and director at the Center for Political Communication & Civic Leadership Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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