Select the correct text in the passage. in this passage from the federalist papers, james madison discusses the harmful effects that factionalism can have on a government. remember that factionalism occurs when a larger political group becomes divided into smaller groups. those groups often share a common interest. as a federalist, madison believed that a strong central government would prevent factionalism. in which sentence does madison describe a specific harm that factionalism can cause to a government? federalist no.10