In Federalist No.10,James Madison described how the Constitution has been designed to control the effects of __________.

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James Madison argued in Federalist No.10 that the Constitution was designed to control the effects of factions, which he defined as groups of citizens, either a minority or a majority, who are united by some common interest adverse to the rights of other citizens or to the community as a whole. He believed that the greatest threat to successful democratic governance was the danger that factions could come to dominate and work against the public good. To address this concern, he advocated a large republic, which would be less susceptible to domination by particular factions and would allow for a greater diversity of interests and opinions that would check one another. Madison believed that this system of checks and balances would help to prevent the tyranny of the majority or special interests.