John,

The census counts everyone living in the United States. It’s a fundamental part of our democracy enshrined in the Constitution. Yet, Donald Trump has made an authoritarian and straight-up unconstitutional proposal to conduct a new census that would intentionally exclude people from that count. 

What we’re facing is an all-out assault on fair representation. This anti-democracy attempt to manipulate the census data is happening at the same time Trump is pressuring Republicans to gerrymander even more. Their strategy can be traced directly back to the Project 2025 far-right playbook.

Please read our urgent update below about the unfolding GOP efforts to undermine the census and rush a donation to power the NDRC’s work fighting back against every effort to undermine fair maps.

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“The census is supposed to be unbiased, apolitical data,” writes MSNBC, in an article detailing how Project 2025 plans to politicize the census. But how did we get here?

Since retaking office, Trump, his administration, and far-right allies in Congress have launched attacks on our democracy on multiple fronts, including the 2030 Census — the foundation for redistricting.

It can all be traced back to Project 2025, which has an entire chapter dedicated to the Census Bureau. In this far-right playbook, MAGA Republicans explicitly state, “Strong political leadership is needed to increase efficiency and align the Census Bureau’s mission with conservative principles.”

So much for “unbiased” and “apolitical.”

We cannot let Republicans hijack the census for their own political gains. The NDRC is working to protect the census so we have an accurate count and fair representation. Can you make a donation to help power this critical work?

Make no mistake: Project 2025 is already in action. Anti-democracy attacks on the census this year alone include:

• Rescinding an order that affirmed how everyone in the country should be counted. 
• Wiping previously publicly available data from the Census Bureau website.
• Suing to stop the 2030 Census from counting all U.S. residents.
• Proposing a citizenship question, which could undercount the population in areas with high rates of immigrants.

It’s clear: Republicans want to use the census to unfairly shift power away from minority communities.

The NDRC is committed to defending the census to ensure an accurate count of our population and demographics — and fair maps. Please make a donation to protect our democracy from GOP attempts to undermine our census.

Thanks so much,

The NDRC Team

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