Time to Democratize the Senate

The United States Senate does not come even close to being an example of representative democracy.  Unlike the House of Representatives the number of citizens each vote in the Senate represents is widely different.

The 37 million people in California have the same number of senators as the less than 600,000 of Wyoming.  This unequal representation came about during the formation of the United States as a way to entice the less populous southern states to join the union.  This has resulted in an uneven representation in very important decisions like the selection of Supreme Court justices. 

So how could the Senate be made more democratic without abolishing the whole institution?  Having each Senators vote weighted by the population of their state would bring it much closer in line to the true definition of Democracy.  It would make important decisions more closely align with the will of the majority. 

Now this would place most of the power in the hands of just a few senators with smaller state senators only coming into play when the vote is close.  It could also serve to amplify the effects of corporate lobbying and dark money, so these practises would need to be removed to make it safely democratic.  Our country is facing many obstacles to democracy like the Electoral College, gerrymandered congressional districts, allowing corporations the same rights as individuals and voter suppression but the make up of the Senate is one of the worst.