Public Opinion

In the article, "Shaping the politics of public opinion: Federalists and the Jay Treaty Debate" written by Todd Estes, Estes discusses what the federalist papers were initially written to try and accomplish. Estes states "se, the Federalist papers can be seen partly as a propaganda device designed to target Federalist supporters and rally their support" (Estes, 2000, 413). Estes is describing that the Federalist papers were never necessarily meant to rally public support, they were more meant to give enthusiasm to other federalist supporters. Estes describes the "public" that the federalist papers refer to as just federalists and other federalist supporters. This further proves how the federalist papers did not have any significant impact on public opinion on the ratification of the constitution. Rather, the federalist papers were more give other federalist more confidence and enthusiasm for the ratification of the constitution and did not attempt to sway the public opinion on ratification.

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Shaping the politics of public opinion: Federalists and the Jay Treaty Debate. Shaping the 

Politics of Public Opinion: Federalists and the Jay Treaty Debate on JSTOR. (n.d.). https://web.archive.org/web/20181007112949/https:/www.jstor.org/stable/3125063

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Staff, G. L. I. (n.d.). Infographic: Differences between Federalists and antifederalists. 

Infographic: Differences between Federalists and Antifederalists | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/teacher-resources/infographic-differences-between-federalists-and-antifederalists