AG 4.12 CFA

All of the following are activities interest groups use to influence public policy EXCEPT

• Meeting directly with members of Congress

• Nominating candidates to run for office

• Testifying in front of a Congressional Committee in support of or opposition

• Donating to the campaigns of candidates that support their policy goals

Are interested in winning elections and controlling government.

• Political parties

• Interest groups

Concern themselves with the whole range of public affairs.

• Political parties

• Interest groups

Many media sources mostly skim the news, reporting only what their news editors judge to be the most important and/or most interesting stories of the day.

• Increase media influence

• Limit in media influence

In-depth coverage of public affairs is available to those who want it and will seek it out.

• Increase in media influence

• Limit on media influence

A technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors.

• Grass roots

• sound bites

• propaganda

• mass media

An organization of people with shared policy goals who engage with policymakers in an attempt to advance those goals.

• Interest groups

• Public opinion

• Public affairs

• Mass media

Are responsible for the nominating process

• Political parties

• Interest groups

Hope to influence those nominated for public office or political positions.

• Political parties

• Interest groups

Television, newspaper, magazines, and radio are examples of this.

• sound bites

• propaganda

• public policy

• mass media