The U.S. Census could be the most consequential knowledge set in America. It determines how political illustration is apportioned in Washington and the way trillions of {dollars} in federal funding are allotted. However the knowledge contained within the Census shouldn’t at all times be taken at face worth. On this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke speaks with historian Dan Bouk about his ebook, “Democracy’s Information: The Hidden Tales within the U.S. Census and methods to Learn Them.”
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