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Interest Groups, Including Political Action Committees (PACs)
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Interest Groups, Including Political Action Committees (PACs)
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21 Questions

1. Interest groups are successful in American politics because
2. Special interest groups tend to have more representation in government politics than others because of
3. Technological advancements have allowed interest groups to proliferate because
4. PACs with a narrow policy objective seek to influence public policy by
5. All of the following are barriers to PAC influence EXCEPT
6. Special interest groups tend to have more representation in government politics than others because of
7. The most frequent method that interest groups use to influence policy is
8. The link of interest groups and the political process often causes
9. Technological advancements have allowed interest groups to proliferate because
10. PAC contributions to members of Congress ensure
11. Political action committees (PACs) can encompass all of the following categories EXCEPT
12. As of 2007, there were more than _______________ people employed in the lobbying industry in the Washington, D.C., area.
13. From the earliest days of the United States, observers such as James Madison and Alexis de Tocqueville thought interest groups could harm the political process because
14. The link of interest groups and the political process often causes
15. Citizens who contribute to interest groups without worrying whether it will make an appreciable difference do so because of
16. Citizens who contribute to interest groups without worrying whether it will make an appreciable difference do so because of
17. Special interest groups represent numerous issues, and large groups split into smaller organizations because
18. All of the following are barriers to PAC influence EXCEPT
19. PACs with a narrow policy objective seek to influence public policy by
20. Special interests that rely on dues and individual contributions for financial support prefer when political opposition to their cause is in power because
21. Interest groups are successful in American politics because