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    you are probably a part of an interest group. What is an interest group? An interest group can be defined as “a collection of people who share certain views on public matters and work to shape public policy to their benefit” (McClenaghan, 242). Their effect on democracy, whether good or bad, depends on who you talk to and their views on interest groups as a whole. These collections of people affect the government, and America in many different ways. Interest groups have many benefits to the average

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    Interest groups affect the democrat process whether it be good or bad everyday. They help to inform the public about issues that the people don’t know about. Interest groups will lobby for their certain things, thus helping the public get something. The interest groups can help the public pick a Candide for election. Interest groups can draw attention to areas of the government that might not be doing what is good for the nation. However, interest groups create a political world where the politicians

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    Interest Group Define: Any group that seeks to influence public policy. Current event: The top interest group currently giving money to a candidate running in the 2016 election is “Retired” to Ted Cruz. ($27,020,646) Pluralist (group) theory Define: Theory that says that interest groups mainly a compete between groups, each one arguing for its own preferred policies and usually some loose and some win. Current event: Democrats and Republicans in 2016 election: These two parties compete for the presidential

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    parties and interest groups are able to get citizens to participate in politics and political party participants or interest group members. This is a comparison and contrast paper. The following will be a comparison between political parties and interest groups. Three points will be mentioned. The first point will be the purpose, the second will be the role they play and finally three strategies parties and interest groups use to get people to participate. A political party is a group of well-dedicated

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    process that interest group make use of is publicly endorsing a candidate, and through the interest group’s political action committee, donating money to the candidate. The purpose of political action groups (PACs) is to collect and disperse money to political campaigns. Interest groups most commonly donate their funds to incumbent, people who currently hold office, because it is more likely that the incumbent will win as opposed to the challenger. An activity that interest groups also participate

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    An interest group ​is a voluntary or private organization that tries to change public policy to benefit either only the members or a group or society as a whole. Private interest groups usually benefit corporations or a specific group of people such as the American Medical Association advocates for doctors. Public interests groups take on roles to help push for policy that would benefit the nation as a whole such as environmental regulations. Public interest groups generally benefit the country as

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    Interest groups are organizations that work to influence programs and policies within the government (Champagne and Harpham 163). One of the ways that they achieve this is through bundling. Bundling is the practice of individuals coming together and combining their funds with those of an interest group (Champagne and Harpham 165).The combining of funds allows for more opportunities such as being able to get more information on policies and allows for the interest group to build up relations which

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    Which is most likely true of single-issue interest groups? 14. Which is an argument against interest groups? 13. Which was an attempt to address dishonesty or questionable motivations by barring members of the executive branch from representing clients from their agency for at least two years prior to leaving office? 12. How do lobbyists typically seek to influence members of Congress? 11. What might a large potential group do to overcome the free rider problem? 10. In which area are modern labor

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    Interest groups plays a major role in today sociality in a way that can benefit people with the same interest in America. Interest Groups An interest group is “an organization that pressures elected officials to enact legislation favorable to its causes” (American Government). IGs are strong supporter of pluralism, this is that all interest groups are and should be free to compete for government influence. If IGs gain enough government interest the purpose of that group can turn into a law to benefit

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    parties and interest groups are able to get citizens to participate in politics and political party participants or interest group members. This is a comparison and contrast paper. The following will be a comparison between political parties and interest groups. Three points will be mentioned. The first point will be the purpose, the second will be the role they play and finally three strategies parties and interest groups use to get people to participate. A political party is a group of dedicated

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