Interest Groups vs Political Parties
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- Interest GroupsvPolitical Parties
- Interest GroupsInterest Groups are created to promote a particular interest or concern. They try to put pressure on policy makers .
- Political PartiesPolitical Parties focus on multiple policies and areas of concern. They want to win elections and operate in the government.
- Lobbying:Lobbying is used to influence political leaders to advance a groups goals. Ethical lobbying includes meetings with policy makers. Unethical lobbying includes giving money or other rewards.
- Interest Group Strategies:
- PAC'sPAC stands for political action committee. They are private groups that raise and distribute money for election campaigns.
- Nominate Candidates:Political parties use primaries, caucuses, and political conventions to nominate a candidate that the public will want. Through primaries and caucases a group or state votes on who the candidate should be.
- Political Party Strategies:
- Media:Political parties use the media to reach a larger group of people. The media reaches citizens of all ages and can inform them of the possition on issues parties are on .
- Environmental Policy:Interest Groups
- Interest groups can use lobbying and PACs to persuade politicians on multiple levels to pass laws to pursue their goal. These goals can include: cleaning the ocean, decreasing deforestation, and preventing further impacts of global warming. By donating money, through legal or more corrupt methods, to politicians, they can feel pressure to support interest group issues. An example of an environmental interest group is Greenpeace..
- People can contribute through political parties by nominating candidates that share their ideologies. They can also use the media to put pressure on political leaders .Different political parties have different views. For example, in the case of climate change , 82% of Democrates asked believe that it is a critical threat. However, only 16% of Republicans asked said that climate change is a critical threat.
- Environmental Policy:Political Parties
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