Pols 1 - Chapter 8

AARP has approximately __________________ members today. 338,000 38,000 3,800,000 38,000,000

38,000,000

The best description of the ideal of pluralism is that interest groups should be free to compete for governmental influence. interest groups are factions that endanger liberty. democracy is best served by legalizing but regulating the influence of interest groups. the public good should always trump individual interests

interest groups should be free to compete for governmental influence.

The fact that interest groups favor the wealthy and well educated can be understood as a reflection of what dilemma in American politics? Democracy has not been helpful in reducing the number of factions. Liberty is often inconsistent with equality. There are no efficient means of organizing the working class in the United States. Organized associations and groups tend to inhibit freedom.

Liberty is often inconsistent with equality.

__________________ occurs when interest groups take out advertisements and hold marches. Litigating Lobbying Mobilizing public opinion Partisan politics

Mobilizing public opinion

Since the 1930s, the number and scale of interests groups at the national level has remained relatively stagnant. experienced relatively modest decline. dramatically increased. experienced relatively modest growth.

dramatically increased.

What is the most important and beneficial resource lobbyists provide government officials? money information legal assistance campaign workers

information

Which of the following groups has had the greatest success with a strategy of litigation? the National Rifle Association the National Chamber of Commerce true Southern Christian Leadership Conference the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

What is the primary function of a PAC? to raise and distribute money to election campaigns to raise grassroots supporter for a particular interest to produce and carry out an institutional advertising campaign to build better networks between interest groups and political parties

to raise and distribute money to election campaigns

Members of interest groups in the United States are people with higher levels of income and education. who identify as Democrats. who work in manual labor and unskilled occupations. from the lower socioeconomic levels.

with higher levels of income and education.

The practice of lobbying is protected by the First Amendment. state and federal laws dating from the 1930s. internal rules of Congress. a 1961 Supreme Court decision.

the First Amendment.

Which of the following is a theoretical assumption of pluralism? Competition among interests will produce balance, with all interests regulating each other. Competition among interests will produce extreme public policy, with one interest dominating all others. Only some interests should be free to compete for influence in the United States. All interests are not equally free to compete for influence in the United States.

Competition among interests will produce balance, with all interests regulating each other.

What distinguishes lobbying from other strategies of influence? Lobbying is the only form of influence that has explicit First Amendment protection from regulation. Lobbying is the least expensive and the most democratic strategy of influencing government. Lobbying involves advertising in order to create a positive image of an organization. Lobbyists try to exert pressure directly on government officials themselves.

Lobbyists try to exert pressure directly on government officials themselves.

National defense is a good example of a collective good. Purposive benefit. material benefit. solitary benefit.

collective good.

In recent years, the religious right has had a great effect on American politics through gaining access. grassroots mobilization. iron triangles. campaign financing.

grassroots mobilization.

The increased number and importance of interests groups is as response to an increase in the size and activity of government. causes a subsequent expansion in government. is a response to a decrease in the size and activity of government. is due to a decline in the United States' multiparty system.

is as response to an increase in the size and activity of government.

The Sierra Club is a(n) ____________ group. public interest labor business ideological

public interest

The National League of Cities is a good example of a public interest group. public-sector interest group. political action committee. professional association.

public-sector interest group.

Organized interest groups enhance American democracy by financing large numbers of elections campaigns. fielding large numbers of electable candidates. representing the interests of large numbers of people and encouraging political participation. empowering less potent segments of society.

representing the interests of large numbers of people and encouraging political participation.