Interest Groups Crash Course

Interest Groups are

• organized group of individuals that make policy-related appeals to government

• the

  size of the membership that gives the group's political clout.

• they try to shape policies, which they can do by trying to elect people to office.

• all of these

• only A and B

Probably the most important thing that interest groups do is

• gather information they can provide for elected officials.

• create political parties support groups

• pressure public opinion

• all of these

"iron triangles" include...

• an interest group

• a element form Congress like a committee

• an element of the bureaucracy

• all of these

An example of an interest group would be

• National Football League

• The Chamber of Congress

• Catholic Church

• Republican Party

A PAC ...

• collects and distributes campaign funds and information

• Runs for public office

• Is part of a political party

• Only B and C

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

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

• All of these

Interest groups are really political parties

• True

• False

Political Parties never work with Interest Groups

• True

• False

Madison supported the existence of Interest groups in democracies

• True

• False