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* Federalist Papers #10Allan Adler
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Subject: Federalist Papers #10
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I'm reading The Federalist Papers and finding them very informative.
In #10, Madison write: "In the next place, as each representative
will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than
in the small republic, it will be more difficult for unworthy
candidates to practise with success the vicious arts by which
elections are too often carried;"

What examples of such "vicious arts" did Madison have in mind and from
what historical precedents?
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Allan Adler <ara@zurich.csail.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: Federalist Papers #10
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Allan Adler <ara@nestle.csail.mit.edu> wrote:

>What examples of such "vicious arts" did Madison have in mind and from
>what historical precedents?

Demagoguery, slander and libel, bribery of voters,
intimidation of voters, possibly outright fraudulent
voting. All known in classical history (the Roman Republic)
and English history.

(One doesn't hear much about the vote fraud
before relatively modern times. Are there any
mentions of candidates using vote fraud in
Roman elections, or in 17th-18th century England?)
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