Potential citizenship question in 2020 Census could shift power to rural America

WASHINGTON - A request by the Justice Department to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census could shift the nation's balance of political power from cities to more rural communities over the next decade and give Republicans a new advantage drawing electoral boundaries.
Population numbers produced by the census are used in many ways, notably to draw political districts and distribute government funds. Adding questions to the decennial survey is usually a controversial and difficult process