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I do think that they consciously avoided the possibility of states with concentrations of population running roughshod over the interests of the less-populated states.  Isn't that why they came up with the Electoral College?  Any effort to undermine the role of the Electoral College will result in greater majority rule, which is presumably a good thing, but it will threaten the minority's rights.  They scrupulously tried to avoid that.  It's also the reason they developed a bicameral Congress with one body based on equal state representation and the other based on population.

I was talking about districting in the House, which is supposed to be the representative body.  But thanks to gerrymandering and the coincidence that Democrats tend to live in densely populated areas, the House no longer reflects voters' preferences.  That has nothing to do with the senate or electoral college.

Also, you fail to appreciate the distinction (pointed out by WIM above) between not trampling on a minority and elevating a minority to power.  The latter was surely not what the founders intended.

More generally, arguing that the system is just because the founders wanted it that way is not useful.  They were just people, often forced to make bad compromises to patch together a new country from 13 colonies.  It is not a coincidence that since 1789, very few other countries have followed the US example in developing their constitutions, and most that did so foundered.

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I do think that they consciously avoided the possibility of states with concentrations of population running roughshod over the interests of the less-populated states.  Isn't that why they came up with the Electoral College?  Any effort to undermine the role of the Electoral College will result in greater majority rule, which is presumably a good thing, but it will threaten the minority's rights.  They scrupulously tried to avoid that.  It's also the reason they developed a bicameral Congress with one body based on equal state representation and the other based on population.

I was talking about districting in the House, which is supposed to be the representative body.  But thanks to gerrymandering and the coincidence that Democrats tend to live in densely populated areas, the House no longer reflects voters' preferences.  That has nothing to do with the senate or electoral college.

Also, you fail to appreciate the distinction (pointed out by WIM above) between not trampling on a minority and elevating a minority to power.  The latter was surely not what the founders intended.

More generally, arguing that the system is just because the founders wanted it that way is not useful.  They were just people, often forced to make bad compromises to patch together a new country from 13 colonies.  It is not a coincidence that since 1789, very few other countries have followed the US example in developing their constitutions, and most that did so foundered.