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Madison, with factions means a group of people who are united by the same beliefs, interests, and passions. To pursue these common goals they disregard the rights of other citizens, especially minorities.
to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states. 2. (often lowercase) to divide (groups, areas, etc.) into contending and usually ineffectual factions: a movement to balkanize minority voters.