Interest Groups

Lobbyist

Represent interest groups and communicate with officials

Ideological Groups

A type of interest group that promotes policies based on a set of core political or religious beliefs.

Economic Interests

A type of interest group that promotes the economic interests of their members in business, labor, and trade organization.

Single-issue Groups

A type on interest group that focuses on one narrow topic, such as immigration or drunk driving.

Professional Groups

A type of interest group that advocates for people in a particular profession, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers.

Public Interest

A type of interest group that focuses on topics that affect the general public like education, the environment, and politics.

Interest Group

A group of people who work together to influence government about a set of issues.

Interest

Attention paid to something

Public Opinion

Collection of opinions or attitudes of a population.

A strategy for influencing government

DONATE money to political campaigns in exchange for support by the candidate.

A strategy for influencing government

ENDORSE a candidate running for office and suggest that the group's members vote for him or her.

Bias

Favoring one view over another.

Campaign Financing

How money is earned to pay for political campaigns.

A strategy for influencing government

INFORM the public and elected officials about issues that matter to the group.

Endorse

Officially support a candidate

Political Action Committee (PAC)

Organizations that help interest groups raise money for campaigns.

Advocate

Promote or support

Public Policy

The stand the government takes about a problem or idea for improvement

Loopholes

Ways around something