I think that is a good contrast, though somewhat simplified. I’m going to go through those and share my thoughts on each.
Political Beliefs-
I completely agree with the federalists on this one. If we stayed under the Articles of Confederation I do not believe the United States of America would still exist. We would have broken into a bunch of little countries a la Europe and fought among ourselves. I would argue that the federalist tried to design a system where the central government was strong but still had checks and balances on it.
WHO SHOULD RULE -
I also distrust mob rule and remember half of all Americans are below average intelligence. All I have to do is look at the Antifa mobs to see that. I also don’t trust elites to do what is right for the people. Too many of our elites want whats good for their bottom dollar which results in the crony capitilism we have. I’d say I’m in-between a federalist and anti-federalist here.
TRUSTING THE PEOPLE
I think I answered this above.
WHO WERE THEY?
Federalists- George Washington, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison(at first)
Anti-Federalist- Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, James Madison(later)
gotta go with George Washington on this one. I probably would have been a federalist if I was around during that time. Though I would have agreed with the anti-federalist that the constitution needed a bill of rights.
I see I left out the Anti-Federalists’ “Who Should Rule?”
Anti-Federalists: Believed that ordinary people should have great input into government.