Which Model of Democracy Did the Founding Fathers Want?

      The founding fathers wanted the best educated people to rule and the people to be satisfied and peaceful within the government. So they had created a system in which can be said the best of both worlds. The founding fathers wanted to have a pluralist democracy.

      The founding fathers knew that they need to keep everyone in mind even if they really did not want to do so. One example we can look at to see their thoughts is in the Constitution in Article 1. It is written that "The House of Representatives shall be composed of Member chosen every second year by the People of the several states". This shows that the people still had a say in who would represent them but did not have full control over decisions in the government. This gave the founding fathers some trust in the government since many of the representatives would be educated and able to make hard decisions.  Madison also emphasized in Federalist #10, "a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens". This proves that a pluralist democracy gives protection to the people and to themselves. No faction would be able to control the rest of the government because it would be impossible to compromise with many other factions.

      Overall the founding fathers wanted the best for the whole country. They wanted to be safe with educated leaders but also protect the rights of the people and their beliefs. Wanting to be a pluralist democracy balanced the scale and allowed everyone to compromise when debates come up.