Is a democracy legitimate if votes don't weigh the same?

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20. the EC is an antidemocratic abomination

The EC is an antidemocratic abomination and of course it should be abolished. It harkens back to the fact that the Framers distrusted the People and built into the system the ability of elites to veto the People at every turn. The problem here is that who said the elites can be trusted not to rig the system in their own favor? What other democratic nation would put up with having a candidate REJECTED by the People imposed on the nation by such a vote weighting/dilution scheme. Sadly, the amendment process is also antidemocratic and states with a mere 4% of the US population can block ANY reforms. I certainly don't believe amendments should be easy to pass, but the process should be based on a super majority of the People... not the states... because depending how the states line up states with as little as 40% of the US population can PASS any amendment. Again, this defect in our system is something that's never debated. It's an ideological blindspot of Dems... the very party we'd expect democratic reforms to arise from.