Representatives are allotted according to the population of the district they're from. The number of representatives of a state impacts that state number of Electoral votes.
A higher number of people (like California) gives that state more power in congress and more importance in Presidential elections.
Based on citizenship, as the founders intended. But the democrats are after power at any price. Higher numbers of illegals in the census gives states like California disproportionate to what it should be.
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"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
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