A quarter of California voters unsure they will respond to the next census, poll finds

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Set us as preferred SACRAMENTO — More than a quarter of registered voters in California are unsure if they will fill out the upcoming 2030 Census, largely due to privacy concerns, according to a new poll.The survey from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies showed 72% of voters said their household is certain to fill out the census.Of the 28% who expressed reluctance, 16% said they will “probably” fill it out; 5% said there is a 50-50 chance they would; 3% said they probably or certainly will not; and 4% were unsure.The once-per-decade national population count is used to reapportion the U.S.

House of Representatives’ 435 seats among the states.It is also used to determine federal funding for schools, healthcare, transportation and other public services.By law, all responses to the national Census are kept confidential, a fact that was mentioned by pollsters when they asked respondents about the topic.“We’re in a moment where there are a lot of reasons to be distrustful and a lot of concerns,” said Eric Schickler, co-director of the IGS Poll.

“But the census, people have been filling that out their whole adult lives, so to see this level of concern and then that spill over into willingness to respond was certainly bracing.”Younger voters and voters of color were more likely to express reluctance about completing the census.Fewer than half, 46%, of those under the age of 30 said they would definitely fill out the census.

The same was said by about two-thirds of Black (68%) and Latino (65%) voters, as well as voters between the ages of 30 and 39 (63%).Just 57% of Asian American and Pacific Islander voters were certain they would participate.Half of voters said they were either “very” or “somewhat confident” that their household’s census responses would be kept private, while 43% were ...