COMIC: How the census gives your state power (and what Trump wants to change)
What is a census? It can change Congress, Electoral College The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030.
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Editor's note: Earlier versions of this comic were published in 2020 and 2021.
![Hi! I'm NPR correspondent Hansi Lo Wang. Did you know the census helps determine how much power your state will have in Congress and the Electoral College for the next 10 years? [Image description: Hansi, depicted as a cat with glasses, waves hello.]](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2048x2560+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/png/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2F82%2F2973bb804932be960368b73714dd%2F1.png)
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