Would We Be Better Served With 1,761 Representatives?
If you thought 435 Representatives was a lot, imagine if we had 1,761. That was part of a plan supported by a resident of Montana, South Dakota, Delaware, Utah, and Mississippi.
John Tyler Clemons is a student at Ole Miss and said he felt Mississippi was underrepresented by the current makeup of the U.S. House of Representatives, which is why he taking part in this lawsuit.
According to the lawsuit, Mississippi is under represented by 10.24 percent. There are four districts each averaging 713,232 persons in Mississippi, while Wyoming has one district of 495,304 persons.
Two proposed apportionment plans based on the 2000 Census were suggested to the court. Both would change the “ideal” size of a district from 646,952 persons down to either 159,809 or 301,957 persons. Plan A would make the current number of representatives 1,761; while Plan B would increase the number of representatives to 932.
