Madison Model

The Madison Model of government was set place to protect the United States from tyranny. In Madison’s model of government the power is separated into three branches, the executive, legislative, and judicial. Madison believed it was essential to divide the power in order “to keep most of the government beyond their power.”
Under Madison’s model of government the people only voted for the House of Representatives. The senators and presidents were indirectly elected and judges were nominated by the president. Over the years the model of government for the United States has changed drastically. Now under the 17th Amendment Senators are elected directly from the popular majority.
Even though the model of government for the United States has changed over the years we can still see the Madison Model of government in our current government today. This is evident because today we still use check and balances which were established under the constitution to limit the power of the government and to maintain the status quo. The Madison model of government is also still apparent in the way the president is elected. Today we still use the same method, we use the Electoral College to elect the presidents which usually votes the same way as the majority in each state, and the president is elected indirectly the same as in the Madison Model.
One of the problems with having a similar government as the Madison model is that our government takes a long time to pass laws.