POLI 100E, Interest Group Politics: Topic 1, Why are Interest Groups Important?

"AMONG the numerous advantages promised
by a well constructed Union, none deserves to be
more accurately developed than its tendency to
break and control the violence of faction.
The friend of popular governments never finds
himself so much alarmed for their character
and fate, as when he contemplates
their propensity to this dangerous vice."

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Outline of Madison's Argument

1.  Remove Causes
   a.  Destroy Liberty
   b.  Make Everyone the Same

2.  Control the Effects (How do you Protect Minority from the Majority?)
   a.  Faction is Minority 
   b.  Faction is Majority
      i.  Pure Democracy 
      ii.  Small Republic
      iii.  Large Republic – 1) With large Republic more able people 
                                 to be Representatives; 
                             2) Larger Constituencies Dampen Down Factions

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