interest groups

Question 1

what are the aims of Emily’s List?

Answer 1

aim to elect female democrats who support abortion rights

Question 2

how much did EMILY’S List donate to Clinton in 2016?

Answer 2

over $1 million

Question 3

how many candidates did EMILY’S List successfully endorse in 2022 midterms?

Answer 3

36

Question 4

how much have EMILY’S List donated?

Answer 4

over $600 million

Question 5

does EMILY’S list have an official PAC?

Answer 5

yes, called EMILY’S List

Question 6

in 2019-2020 how much did EMILY’S List PAC spend funding democrat house and senate candidates?

Answer 6

over £620,000

Question 7

how much did Emily’s list donate tp Christy Smith?

Answer 7

$15,000

Question 8

how much did EMILY’S List spend to elect Peterson?

Answer 8

$600,000. Peterson is pro choice and broadly supports the policies of the Biden administration

Question 9

how many women have Emily’s list help elect to state and local office?

Answer 9

more than 1,500

Question 10

what is the separate superPAC that Emily’s list oversee?

Answer 10

Women Vote!

Question 11

How much did Women Vote! spend to support the candidacy of Biden?

Answer 11

over $5 million

Question 12

what did Emily’s list’s march on Washington result in?

Answer 12

hundreds of sister protests across the US, more than 4 million people joined

Question 13

how has EMILY’s list impacted democracy?

Answer 13

positively as more women have been involved in politics meaning a better representative democracy

Question 14

what are the aims of the AMA?

Answer 14

promote the science and the art of medicine and the betterment of public health

Question 15

in 2022 how much did AMA spend on federal lobbying?

Answer 15

over $21 million

Question 16

how much did AMA generate in revenue in 2022?

Answer 16

around $500 million

Question 17

in 2022 how much of their almost $500 million revenue came from membership fees?

Answer 17

less than $35 million

Question 18

in 2021 to 2022 cycle, how much did AMPAC contirbute to lawmakers given A or A+ rating by anti-aboriton groups?

Answer 18

nearly $350,000

Question 19

in 2023 how many scope of practice bills were defeated in Mississippi due to the AMA?

Answer 19

11

Question 20

how did AMA help Obamacare?

Answer 20

support ACA which helped Obama achieve it. prevented it from being repealed by highlighting the bad effect the ACHA would have

Question 21

what impact has AMA had on democracy?

Answer 21

negative impact, less than 20% of physicians are members so not good for majoritarian democracy

Question 22

what are the aims of AIPAC?

Answer 22

to promote pro-Israel sentiments in congress, and within one year they had delivered more money to candidates than any other PAC

Question 23

what is AIPAC’s superPAC called?

Answer 23

united democracy project

Question 24

in 2022 how much did AIPACs superPAC donate to candidates?

Answer 24

$17 million

Question 25

what amount of AIPAC endorsed candidates won their elections in 2022?

Answer 25

98%

Question 26

in 2024 how has AIPAC been unsuccessful in its campaigns?

Answer 26

gave $4.5 million to preferred democrat candidate but lost to a progressive

Question 27

how has AIPAC's lobbying been successful?

Answer 27

very successful as managed to get a president to back comments - Obama backtracked on statement regarded Palestine and Israel

Question 28

is AIPACs electioneering successful?

Answer 28

very successful as 98% of their candidates won in 2022

Question 29

what positive impact has AIPAC had on democracy?

Answer 29

gave the Jewish population in USA a voice

Question 30

what negative contributions has AIPAC had on democracy?

Answer 30

elitist, and over representing minority opinions, jews represent 6% of congress and 2% of the population

Question 31

what issues do the national right to life fight for?

Answer 31

anti abprotion and pro-evangelical issues such as against euthanasia

Question 32

what justice were NRLC (national right to life) supportive of?

Answer 32

Amy Coney-Barett and Kavanaugh as this allowed them to propose more radical anti abortion legislation

Question 33

which governor did NRLC endorse?

Answer 33

texas governor Gregg Abbot who is against abortion. abortion in Texas is illegal

Question 34

what bills have NRLC lobbied against?

Answer 34

violence against women act, pregnancy loss mental health research act

Question 35

why is the PaC associated with the national right to life?

Answer 35

national right to life victory fund

Question 36

how much did the national right to life victory fund spend on adverts and campaigns for the group?

Answer 36

over $1.3 million