As Yale political scientist Robert Dahl has pointed out, the Constitution is grossly undemocratic. Since Wyoming, with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants, has the same clout in the Senate as California, with almost 34 million, each Wyomingite counts 68 times as much as each Californian. The Constitution is also responsible for burdening us with the Electoral College, a body designed to purposely undermine popular sovereignty. The 2000 election, when Al Gore outpolled George Bush but was denied the presidency by the Electoral College (with an assist by the Supreme Court), is the most recent example of 18th-century oligarchy trampling 21st-century democracy. Holy crap. Nice to see what kind of PhDs the history program is turning out.
The balancing body is called the House of Representatives. Learn about it.
The Electoral College is a further check and balance against the inbreeding of the intellectual elite in their small caves called "Major Cities". Learn about it.
And by the way, Mr. Mankoff, you represent the oligarchy-- so to call this a victory is kinda misleading.
As Yale political scientist Robert Dahl has pointed out, the Constitution is grossly undemocratic. A PhD "political scientist" who doesn't know that the United States is a representative republic, not a democracy?
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.