Does a nonproportional Senate and non-proportional, non-democratic Electoral College harm democracy?

[Xithras]

28. Indeed.

The problem, of course, is that changing the methodology used to assign Representative districts would require amending the Constitution. Amending the Constitution requires assent from 2/3'ds of the states. The Republicans control enough states to prevent that from happening. While the Republicans would probably jump at the idea to phase out the Senate in favor of a more parliamentary-style House of Representatives, they'll never willingly give up the ability to gerrymander those House districts into their favor.

Of course, you could just make the entire system truly proportional and eliminate districts entirely. THAT would be a game changer, but it's a move that could never get any traction in the United States for a myriad of reasons It would destroy all existing political parties, it would require trustworthy computerized vote counting systems, it would require the nationalization of the entire elections system, etcetera, etcetera. A person can dream though....