Then there are the counter-majoritarian institutions that are clearly undemocratic, in that they empower partisan minorities at the expense of electoral and legislative majorities. One is the Electoral College, which allows a candidate with fewer votes to win the presidency. Another is the Senate, which dramatically overrepresents citizens of less populated states (such as Wyoming and Vermont) at the expense of populous states (such as California and Texas) and allows partisan minorities to use the filibuster to permanently block legislation backed by large majorities.
