Lobbyists are salespeople hired to persuade decision-makers in the Legislature and in the agencies of the executive branch. They are not really interested in feeding and watering the officials, but in having enough time together to make an impact in the case for whatever notion they’re trying to change. Interest groups employ lobbyists to protect and advance their interests. Lobbyists do this through lobbying: informing, persuading, and pressuring policymakers to support the group’s objectives. Though some interest groups may not be that influential, and some maybe really influential, there should be tougher restrictions and stricter oversight on both types of the interest groups in the best interest of the society. Though these groups sometimes represent a large group in the society who may not …show more content…
Any restriction that is applied to any of the interest group, should be applied to all other interest groups. The interest groups shouldn’t be treated differently due to their differences, whether it’s the amount of money they have or how influential they can be all of them has to be handled the same way as that is what democracy is. “We the people” being given the same opportunity is what matters most, how we use it depends on us, hence the government shouldn’t place more rigid limitations and more oversight on the interest groups, who have access to greater funds than the others.
Overall, the collective influence of interest groups does override individual citizen's ability to influence politics. This is because as a group who works together, they are more strong and are capable of doing more to influence anything than an individual who stands by himself. The interest group also represents a group of people who supports them in situations like voting hence they have the majority behind them unlike an individual by
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) generally enters into legal disputes related to Bill of Rights issues.
They own the elections and can shape the entirety of them, it is unfair to the average person because the ideals of the person they are voting for can be easily swayed by money from a special interest groups. Now that out of the way it leaves us with the issue of money, you can not have an election without money and financial backers. However left unchecked this could be a dangerous tool as proven by special interest groups who have led to the outcome of decisions throughout history. In the late 1800’s it was the sugar and banana lobbies that made us go into the latin countries and colonize them because it was the proper place to grow their crops.throughout the 1900’s the cigarette lobbies fought for laws to back them and not having to make them show what is in cigarettes. How do we solve this you ask? Well you show who is backing you and how much money they gave you this would show what the cause for every action you make is. If they are being backed by a big industry like oil and they put in place a law that favors oil and we will know why because money talks and it has some crazy ideas sometimes. These special interest groups are the real power behind the election along with the electoral college.
In a pluralist democracy like in the United States, interest groups have played a major role throughout the history through highly organized factions and are aimed at different levels of government. Lobbying is one of the tactics of the interest groups to aid their agenda through implementing new laws and regulations. "If you want to have your face in the light, you should have your back in the dark". Similarly, the influences of the interests groups and lobbyists have good and bad effects on the people and the society.
During the study that discovered this information, the researchers found that individuals with a lot of money and business-control interest groups helped mold these policies. According to the information we were taught in class, an interest group is “organization of people who seek to promote a particular viewpoint about a public policy.” The article continues by suggesting that average citizens should change the relationship between them and their government. According to the study called, "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens," the amount of influence ordinary Americans have when controlling for the power of economic elites and organized interest groups is not significant. This is when they discovered how much influence rich people and business-dominated interest groups actually have. Also, business-dominated interest groups have more influence than mass-based interest groups. They believe this is due to the rich and business interests are able to hire lobbyist that “shadow” legislation in Washington and to “fill campaign coffers” of political candidates. From what I learned in class, lobbyist are people who are hired by businesses and causes. They then try to convince legislators to assist the business or cause. Due to the rich and business interests hiring lobbyist for this reason, they have more say in national policies.
Lobbyists are a group of people who defend and advance their interests through lobbying which is to “inform, persuade, and pressure” policymakers to support the groups objective. With more policies set in place, the more lobbyists get involved and a great example is the financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. When the Obama administration stepped in and proposed to “repair the regulation and increase oversight,” the lobbyists were there to support and represent banks, mutual funds, credit card companies as well as companies in retail, manufacturing, and service that this proposal could affect.
Interest group representation would coincide with the representative views. In order to ensure that citizens are able to enact particular policies the structure provided would be a pluralism, in which interest groups are able to mobilize freely. Contrastingly to corporatism where the states play a role in the organization of interest groups, this allows for a free market and interests to be portrayed. This then allows for the formation of interest groups that will then proceed to represent the needs of the people in a political platform. This will be at the cost of a more efficient interest group formation. Considering that corporatist interest groups are more likely to be efficient due to the states recognition, it also become less representative. Compromise must be done in order to ensure that there is effectiveness. The issue, is the state has the ability to recognize what they see as official interest groups or prohibit others. The state therefore decides what they want to recognize as important or what needs to be addressed that can leave those that are underrepresented without a say. The pluralistic interest groups are far more accessible to all the individuals, without leaving the poor or minorities
In my opinion, I feel that constituents have power over congress members because they have the power to vote them in or out of office. On the other hand, I feel that voting constituents have the least amount of influence over congress members, who strive for money contributions in order to, run their political campaigns, compared to donors and PACs.
Citizen groups simply composed of concerned individuals work to influence policies and impose governmental change for the betterment of society and their fellow citizens. These groups aim to influence change for the good of the individual and of all, and, in a free-association fashion, they are not solely focused on the interests of a business or organization like many interest groups. Interest groups may be supported by any number of businesses or organizations driven toward the success of their respective industry or business. Citizen groups, on the other hand, band together to fight for a common goal that, ideally, will have a beneficial and lasting impact on all citizens.
American Association of Retired Persons:AARP is a large organization and spent $9,900,000 lobbying in 2012. The AARP only donates to individuals, not parties. They choose to do this technique because it is the most effective technique and their large size
But interest groups do not have a real place in congress. For them to affect motions in congress they need to utilise their powers of persuasion to influence the right people.
The most widely recognized type of interest group is referred to as associational. This is what most people envision when they picture a typical interest group. There are two different distinctions within this group: economic and noneconomic. Both of these types of groups are the backbone of interest groups. Economic groups rally around a shared economic interest, such as unions, truckers association, ect. A noneconomic group supports a non-profit organization, or a related cause, such as NAACP, environmental groups, ect. Noneconomic groups have a larger impact on policy making than economic groups. This is because the American parties tend to "straddle the fence" on issues more so than in other countries.
Public interest lobbies form a linkage element between citizens and governmental elites. In lobbying they articulate what they perceive to be the issue positions of certain sectors of society. Public interest groups also play an important role in facilitating the political participation of their members and related attentive publics. By helping to bring new issues to the table, interest groups influence the shape of political agendas.
Interest groups can be both bad and good for democracy. The interest groups are able to lobby to congress to help out different organizations. They basically work on a “you do a favor for me and I’ll do a favor for you later” basis. This gives the lobbyist an influence over congress. They can be bad for the democracy because too much influence and power can be a bad thing. The issue they are lobbying for may not be a good cause.
We elect politicians on the basis on the issues by which they stand, and these issues are either held up or weakened by the numerous interest groups that exist today. Interest groups target both major and minor issues, using all of their resources to sponsor or overpower the groups’ concern. Interest groups are composed of a limited range of the body of voters who have a great stake in the issues their group support. They make evident the issues their group supports. Their resources are used in an attempt to make their issue public policy. Interest groups are persistent; they do not give up until they succeed. They lobby congress, take legal action,
They have the ability to pressure elected officials to enact legislation favorable to its causes. There are three major types of interest groups. Animal rights groups and environmental interest groups usually organize as public interest groups. These groups claim to work not for self-interest but for the best interest of the public. Underpaid professional workers also organize as groups and include labor unions. The problem at hand is that the most common type of interest group is formed around business, corporations, and trade associations. They represent half of all interest groups and certainly hold political power (U.S. History,