Following up on Gabriel Winant’s earlier post on conservatives’ feelings about this year’s Census, here’s an interesting bit of news: The Census Bureau has tapped Karl Rove for a new public service announcement in which he encourages people to return their forms.
Conservatives farther out on the fringe might be wary of the Census, but Rove is smart enough — and mainstream enough — to know that it could be politically disastrous for the Republican Party if the right has an unusually low response rate. That might be what’s motivating him here.
The ad:
Hat-tip to the Washington Post’s Federal Eye.
