the information is also used by sociologists to analyze trends, correlations...

who is redistricting based on race??? redistricting is always based on total population changes.

there is tons of tricky politics in redistricting...take my district, for example, the way it looks on the map, it doesn't make any sense whatsoever, it includes an affluent suburb and then descends 100+miles south into a total rural area and then into Corning, a mixed population small city...it is very large for campaining, populations are worlds apart on many levels. Always was a very frustrating district for politicians - affluent suburb tends to go democratic, rural area - conservative, and now we have Eric Massa:-D . They constantly are trying to change it....

"just like our founding fathers intended in the constitution.. or we are so "constitutional" only when we feel like it?"
Mike, The Constitution only mentions "enumerating" or counting population every 10 years. There is NO LAW that allows Federal Government to inquire for Census purposes about person's race, age, marital status, how much they make, what time thy go to work and a myriad of other intrusive and frankly unlawful questions.
At some point this will be challenged in the courts. The only reason it hasn't to date is because if you really do not want to answer these questions, the Feds may send a person to your house once or twice, but after that they would usually leave you alone.
But if they try to prosecute someone based on refusal to answer Census questions - expect court challenges.

Natan, there is no law that forbids them to ask these questions either.. If you don't want to answer them you don't have to.
Politicizing census is about as retarded as i have seen..

he-he..it is retarded..are we still allowed to use the R word?? (ch) but that's exactly what the Obama administration has tried to do by moving the census from the Commerce Dept. jurisdiction to White House..

well.. if someone does not like my use of words they can always tell me to go fuck myself.. :)

Mike,
there is also another expression..
don't tell me what to do and I won't tell you where to go (ch) (B)

So. It became perfectly clear that our president is the left wing socialist that some of us feared him to be. He made it clear with making Health Care Bill his priority, losing allies, dooming Democratic party, and acting like an absolute Soros/ Ayers puppet. I would like to hear from people who voted for him. How is this visionary measuring up while your husband is about to loose his job and Pedro from South of the Border will get free medical care paid by your dollars?

Олег, i know 2 people in real life who voted for BHO... they are both embarrassed now..