how democratic is a system where losing the popular vote doesn't imply losing the election? the Senate being a strange beast is not surprising, it's by design.

how democratic is a system where losing the popular vote doesn't imply losing the election? the Senate being a strange beast is not surprising, it's by design. it's important to prevent tyranny of the majority. (after all usually populism quickly switches gears into that, then slowly but surely throws off the other restraints and it becomes a usual dictatorship.) of course, it bears asking how well the Senate is doing at this prevention.