The Federalists' belief was to have a strong central government, which today can be considered the Democratic Party. Back then the Anti-Federalist idea was to have a strong state government, which in this case is considered today's Republican Party. No matter what kind of names they had or have, their beliefs are considered the groups involved in this contract. So you have one party that wanted a strong national liberal government and the other party that believes in a strong state conservative party. In the end, no matter what era, there were always two parties to this contract. The second reason the United States Constitution is considered a contract is to follow the structure and order of the states' system of government. The United States Constitution was designed to have a structure and lay the foundation for this nation. Calhoun states, “Without this, it is impossible to lay a solid foundation for the science of government” (3). So the constitution was written with the purpose of structuring and laying the foundations of a government. The Constitution begins by describing how