Question | Answer |
What are Interest Groups, and what do they seek to do? | An organized group with similar beliefs and values that tries to influence public opinion, policy, and elected officials to get what they want. |
What are ways that Interest Groups achieve their End Goal? | 1 Mass Media Campaigns 2 Filing Lawsuits 3 Campaign contributions for political candidates 4 Lobbying (pressuring + persuading) public officials 5 Endorsing candidates for public office. |
What are political parties? | Organized groups with similar ideas/attitudes/values that seek to control the government and make a public party to get what they want. |
How do political parties achieve their End Goal? | Winning Elections and Holding Public Office. |
What do political parties do according to the nomination function? | Nominate members as candidates in elections |
What do political parties do according to the stimulator function? | Educate and motivate people to support their policies and candidates |
What do political parties do according to the governmental function? | Lead, lobby, delegate, and cooperate based on party loyalty. |
What do political parties do according to the watchdog function? | Monitor and scrutinize other political parties. |
What is the difference between Political Parties and Interest Groups? | Only political parties nominate their members to be candidates for elections. |
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