FACT FOCUS: Census Bureau report does not prove Trump’s claim about noncitizen voting in 2020
In his most recent challenge to the results of the 2020 U.S. election , President Donald Trump this week cited a report claiming to show that thousands…
President Donald Trump made a claim about noncitizen voting in the 2020 U.S. election, citing a report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The report, which examined "Voter Records from 2020 against their Citizenship Records," found 24,000 noncitizens who allegedly voted illegally in the 2020 election. However, experts have criticized the methodology of the report, suggesting it could have led to numerous false positives.
The Census Bureau's methodology, as described in the report, may have created inaccuracies due to factors such as mislinked names, outdated citizenship statuses, or errors in the databases used. The report itself does not clearly outline its error rates or methods of ensuring accuracy, leading to concerns about its reliability. As a result, the claim that over 24,000 noncitizens voted in the 2020 election is not supported by the facts presented in the Census Bureau report.
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