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The Senate allocates equal representation per state regardless of population size. Our elections actually just vote electors who then vote in an electoral college to vote the Executive.

The US system isn't a pure democracy, it's never been. Given that, it's a largely political matter which institutions you feel should be more democratic than others. Article III comes after Articles I and II and many believe this is the order of importance that branches are given in government. Really where we differ is our politics, this is not a debate on obvious constitutional interpretation.



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