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COMIC: How the census gives your state power (and what Trump wants to change)

NPR | By Connie Hanzhang Jin,
Hansi Lo Wang
Published October 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM EDT

Editor's note: Earlier versions of this comic were published in 2020 and 2021.

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Edited by Acacia Squires, Nicole Werbeck and Benjamin Swasey, with copy editing by Preeti Aroon

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a NPR correspondent who reports on voting, the Census Bureau and the U.S. Postal Service.