Citizenship data could give GOP four seats

Published July 12, 2019 3:00am ET



President Trump’s bid to determine the citizenship of 2020 census respondents could give a long-term boost to Republicans, with estimates of the partisan effect ranging as high as four House seats.

Trump ended his legal fight to place the question on the census July 11, but issued an executive order that could achieve the same result, requiring federal agencies to supply data on citizenship to the Commerce Department.

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