The United States is considered to be a flawed democracy. Twenty-nine other countries in the world are described as more democratic. See worldpopulationreview.com where Norway is ranked number 1.

So what is wrong with the United States? The constitution is a good place to start. The United States constitution, defining the first democracy in the world, was developed by a committee who had no prior experience with such a government. They could only guess how well it would work. Today, constitutions around the world last an average of 70 years. Many countries have already replaced their constitutions once or twice. The United States constitution is the world's oldest at over 200 years old. Its flaws include the following.

• The Electoral College system distorts the votes for President by giving more weight to voters of low population states. For example, in the 2020 census, there were 68.5 people in California for every one person in Wyoming, yet California had 55 electors to Wyoming's 3, giving California only 18.3 times more Electors, not 68.5. The United States is the only country in the world with an Electoral College system. It should be abolished and the President chosen by direct popular vote.
• Each state is assigned two Senators, instead of a number of Senators based on its population, resulting in the Senate being very unrepresentative of the nation. Even granting each State a minimum of one Senator with the largest States having Senators based on their percentage of the national population would greatly improve the Senate's representation of the United States population.
• There is no rule against gerrymandered political districts within states. In some states, minority political parties have drawn political boundaries so extreme that they have permanently captured a majority of its representatives. States should be required to have independent Voting Commissions to draw impartial voting district boundaries.
• The Supreme Court should have 18 year term limits for each justice and a new justice should be selected every two years so justices are not out of touch with the majority of the population. The Senate would be required to vote on each nomination within a fixed time period or the nominee would be automatically confirmed.
• The constitution is difficult to amend because the amendment process is based on needing three-quarters of the states to ratify an amendment. It should be based on the combined population of the ratifying states exceeding a threshold, such as 67% of the nation's population.
• It is impossible to convict an impeached President and thereby remove him from office because two-thirds of the Senate must vote in favor rather than a simple majority.
• The houses of Congress are allowed to ignore bills passed by the other house that are worthy of being discussed and put to a vote.
• The amendments section of the constitution specifically prevents the number of Senators from being changed from two for each state.