11.   Democrats support the practice of statistical sampling to achieve what demographers believe is a more accurate census, while Republicans oppose the statistical method.

12.   Democrats and Republicans will fight fiercely over whether to adjust population totals using a contentious method called statistical sampling.

13.   Dutka served as an American statistical associate delegate to the United Nations subcommittee on statistical sampling and was a member of the United States Census Advisory Committee.

14.   Gore referred to the ongoing controversy over whether the traditional census count, which has tended to undercount minorities, should be supplemented by statistical sampling.

15.   He favors statistical sampling, which Congress wants to avoid.

16.   He warned that a recent Supreme Court decision prohibiting statistical sampling means that minorities and immigrants will continue to be missed by census workers.

17.   However, he said the report did not recommend a specific alternative, such as statistical sampling.

18.   In recent years President Clinton has vetoed bills that would have prevented the Census Bureau from conducting a census that was supplemented by statistical sampling.

19.   Last spring, Republicans sought to include a ban on statistical sampling in legislation to assist victims of natural disasters.

20.   Most Republicans are adamantly opposed to statistical sampling, believing it is rigged to boost inner-city numbers and build the traditional Democratic base.