Very few countries practice one man - one vote fully.
It is common to let the votes from sparsely populated areas weigh more. This is conscious district politics and is intended to slow down centralization.
The main problem in American politics is the polarization that occurs when there are only two viable parties.
Also, the electoral college is elected on the "first past the post" principle, which means whichever party that gets a majority in a district, gets all the seats for that district, no matter if the majority is 99% to 1% or 51% to 49%. Proportional representation would be more fair, and make it more attractive for people to vote for smaller parties.
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