The United States prides itself on a democratic system designed to represent the will of its people.

More people eat than farm. Should the "will of the people" set food prices? The whole point of the Constitution is to prevent the "will of the people" from turning the country into an ochlocracy. The Founders wanted just enough "democracy" to adapt to a changing world. Sometimes, it works better than others. When it elects a Donald Trump, it fails. When it elects a George W. Bush, it does its job, whether or not the coastal elites like the outcome. (I'm not defending Bush's record, just saying that his re-election in 2004 was consistent with the framer's intent to protect regional interests.)

The founders' purpose was not to protect small states; it was to balance low-population-density economic interests and high-population-density interests. That is a necessary feature of a continental polity with farmers, manufacturers, and financial centers. One -person-one-vote platitudes entirely miss the point.