Historians such as Charles A. Beard argue that Federalist Paper No. 10 shows an explicit rejection by the Founding Fathers of the principles of direct democracy and factionalism, and argue that James Madison suggests that a representative republic is more effective against partisanship and factionalism."Vicious arts by which elections are too often carried" -- just what we have this century.Madison saw the federal Constitution as providing for a "happy combination" of a republic and a purer democracy, with "the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular to the State legislatures" resulting in a decentralized governmental structure. In his view, this would make it "more difficult for unworthy candidates to practice the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried."
Anything Beard criticized or slighted i am favorable toward. Socialist lyimh scumbag.