Pressure groups

Who are Greenpeace?

• Greenpeace is a pressure group, who aims to help to protect the environment. 
• Greenpeace is a pressure group, who aim to help to protect large companies from environmental impact. 

What is a Pressure Group?

• A group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government policy

• The ideas and attitudes that significant number of people hold about government and political issues

• Technique which everyone in a group has equal chance of being selected

• A measurement of how much the sample results might differ from sample universe

What year was the franchise extended to people 18 and over?

• 1918

• 1928

• 1969

• 1972

Which country does not promote compulsory voting?

• Australia

• France

• Belgium

• Greece

Which country has regular referendums?

• US

• UK

• Switzerland

• Australia

All the people who are entitled to vote are called?

• suffragettes

• voter turnout

• electorate

• franchises

Another term for suffrage is

• electorate

• franchise

• suffering

• apathy

What is an important difference between Pressure groups and political parties?

• Interest groups have more members than political parties.

• Interest groups have platforms addressing all issues of public concern.

• Interest groups are organized to elect their candidates to political office.

• Interest groups attempt to influence government directly on particular issues.

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the media affect politics?

• by providing information on both parties
• by contributing to election campaign funds
• by focusing public attention on particular issues
• by providing in-depth coverage of national issues.

The views held by the general population concerning a particular issue is

• public opinion

• mass media

• propaganda

• poll