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Interest groups USA (Why interest groups are so significant (Groups'…
Interest groups USA
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Interest group tactics
Publicity - amy use publicity to change public opinion and may try to influence actual voting behaviour of the public
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Three types of interest group: policy groups that attempt to influence a whole area such as AIPAC, professional groups that represent the economic interests of its members such as the American Medical Association, single interest groups that advocate policy surrounding a limited specific issue
Interest groups are highly influential partly bc of the specific constitutional + political arrangements of US which arguably allow them to have more influence than in any other country - most groups can exert influence somewhere within the political system, so interest groups have a significant impact on policy making