Campaign

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Private meetings, providing political information, and supplying nominations suggestions are examples of what process?

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lobbying

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Which of the following is not a criticism of a interest group?
Ignoring the wider interest of society,
Producing confusing and deadlock in Congress,
Generating so much emotion that they make reasoned discussion difficult,
They have too little influence

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They have too little influence

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What is an organized group of people who share a common goal and actively attempt to influence lawmakers?

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interest group

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How do interest groups promote democracy?

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They help to convey the policy views of individuals and groups to public officials.

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What distinguishes interest groups from political parties?

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Interest groups are limited to promoting specific policies relevant to their group; political parties must address all policies as they attempt to govern.

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Interest groups use political action committees (PACs) to

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Raise and spend money on election campaigns

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Which of these are arguments FOR interest groups?
They are part of pluralism that is useful to Democracy,
More and more factions mean more and more group competition,
Interest groups insure a free and varied flow of information,
all of these

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all of these

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Which of these are arguments AGAINST interest groups: some interest groups are so powerful that their voices are able to crowd out all the others; people who are really poor can't offer campaign contributions; Corporate interests, which by and large represent wealthy people, vastly outnumber the groups representing working people, like labor and cooperative groups;

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All of these

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Interest groups are usually policy _____, whereas political parties are usually policy _____.

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specialists / generalists

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An organization formed to collect money and provide financial support for political candidates

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Political Action Committee