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>world population is under 1 billion is bonkers, Yea, that would leave the US and Japan with about half the world population assuming our counts are even close
by pixl97 9mo ago
>world population is under 1 billion is bonkers,
Yea, that would leave the US and Japan with about half the world population assuming our counts are even close to correct.
- e44858 9mo ago> assuming our counts are even close to correct. That's a bold assumption. States get more representatives if they inflate the population count: https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/congressional-apportionment.html https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/congressional-ap...
- phainopepla2 9mo agoStates aren't the ones doing the counting, though, the US Census Bureau is
- hugh-avherald 9mo agoGiven that Texas forgot to take advantage of this during the last election, it would seem the incentives are pretty negligible.