Interest Groups

Question 1

Examples of Pressure Groups

Answer 1

NRA
American Environment
AARP

Question 2

What is the name given to the NRA’s PAC?

Answer 2

The victory Fund

Question 3

What the two views taken of Interest groups?

Answer 3

Elitest- That pressure groups just aid the wealthiest within society, and don’t enhance democracy.
Pluralist- Pressure groups help to widen participation within politics, therefore promoting democracy.

Question 4

What are the methods that can be used by pressure groups?

Answer 4

Lobbying- paying people to vote in favour.
Voting Ques- cards that tell their members who they should vote for in elections.
Grassroot campaigning- Social media blitz, protesting and sending letters to their congressional representatives.
Mounting legal challenges- Brown v Topeka brought the NAACP into the forefront of civil rights campaigning.
Electioneering- They are able to set up PAC’s.

Question 5

What approaches can Interest groups use?

Answer 5

Multiple points- spread their people across both state and federal areas of government to gain as much support as possible.
Single point- focus attention upon a singular person/area, this being the people most likely to be sympathetic to the same cause.

Question 6

How many school shooting have occurred in California this year?

Answer 6

14

Question 7

What resources do interest groups have?

Answer 7

Money
Membership
Access to congress members.

Question 8

How much money did the NRA raise in 2018?

Answer 8

$412 million.

Question 9

How much did the NRA spend on Trump’s campaign?

Answer 9

$9.2 million.

Question 10

Why is representation important for pressure groups?

Answer 10

Allows for them to push their cause at both state and national levels.