Census: No evidence of a conservative boycott

FR7 Baptist · Apr 13, 2010

By HOPE YEN (AP) – 1 day ago

WASHINGTON — Census Bureau director Robert Groves said Monday he is heartened by the high level of participation so far in the 2010 census, with no indications that large numbers of conservatives were only partially filling out the form or boycotting the government count.

"We can't find empirical support for that," Groves said, regarding evidence of lower participation among conservatives. He noted that perhaps 1 or 2 percent of the 10-question forms returned so far have been incomplete, which is what officials previously anticipated.

Groves' comments, which came at a news conference to urge Americans to mail back their census forms by Friday, seemed to tamp down anecdotal reports in recent weeks that anti-government sentiment might spur a mass boycott among conservatives who consider the census form to be overreaching.

Reps. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Ron Paul, R-Texas, are among those who have been vocal in expressing their intent to refuse to provide information about anything except the number of people in their household, saying that providing anything more would be an invasion of privacy.

"Things are going quite well," Groves said.
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This is good overall. The only downside to me personally is that this means that my job won't last as long if too many people mail it back. Hopefully there will be a lot of people not at home or vacant houses that will require multiple visits to confirm that they are vacant.

matt wade · Apr 14, 2010

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This is good overall. The only downside to me personally is that this means that my job won't last as long if too many people mail it back. Hopefully there will be a lot of people not at home or vacant houses that will require multiple visits to confirm that they are vacant.
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So basically you are hoping for a waste of our tax dollars for your personal gain?

Census: No evidence of a conservative boycott

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