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INTEREST GROUPS

INTEREST GROUPS. What Are Interest Groups?. An interest group is an organization of like-minded people who influence government. What groups are Democrat or Republican. Kinds of Interest Groups. Business Groups American Petroleum Institute & Chamber of Commerce Labor Groups

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INTEREST GROUPS

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  1. INTEREST GROUPS

  2. What Are Interest Groups? • An interest group is an organization of like-minded people who influence government.

  3. What groups are Democrat or Republican

  4. Kinds of Interest Groups • Business Groups • American Petroleum Institute & Chamber of Commerce • Labor Groups • Major League Baseball Players Association • MLB Players Webpage • United Auto Workers & AFL-CIO • Agricultural Groups • American Farm Bureau & National Cotton Council • Cotton Council Webpage

  5. Kinds of Interest Groups • Professional Groups • American Medical Association & American Bar Association • Religious Groups • Christian Coalition & National Catholic Welfare Council • Single Issue (Cause) Groups • NRA • NRA Web page

  6. What Do Interest Groups Do? • Lobby: process of influencing government. • Who are lobbyists? • Lobby three branches of government on behalf of members. • Organize and mobilize members to influence government: grassroots lobbying • Organize members to contribute to political action committees. • Organize members to work for party.

  7. Political Action Committees • Rise of Political Action Committees • 1974 Federal Election Campaign Act • Allowed for PACs • Over 5,000 PACs today • COPE: Committee on Political Education of AFL-CIO • American Bankers Association • Bank Pac • Beer Distributers • Six PAC

  8. Who gets most of the PAC campaign money?

  9. The End

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