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Which factor influences and decides an interest group's political effectiveness?

All these factors influence and decide an interest group's political effectiveness.

As illustrated by the Daily Show Clip on the NRA and Congress, the NRA has almost no influence in Congress, compared to other powerful interest groups like the NAACP.

False

Protests, boycotts and violence is the most common form of participation by interest groups in modern America.

False

Roesler argues that "in the realm of group politics, liberty is what makes our political system the most fair."

False

Grassroots pressure can include:

All of the above

According to Roesler and the text, forming PACs and contributing to the campaign coffers of candidates is basically a strategy of buying votes.

False?

After the massacre of 17 children at the Parkland, Florida high school, the Florida legislature passed a law banning assault rifles.

False?

How the Constitution balances the threat posed by organized interests with the need for liberty is discussed in the

Federalist Papers, no. 10.

Between 1972 and 2016, the number of PACs in the United States

increased from 480 to over 7,000.

What is the primary function of a PAC?

to raise and distribute money to election campaigns

As opposed to pluralist theory, elite theory posits that

wealthy, educated individuals control the direction of major policy?

Members of interest groups in the United States are typically people

with higher incomes, more education, and management or professional occupations.

Many Americans perceive lobbyists as:

"Wheeler-dealers" who attempt to "buy" members of Congress

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions drastically altered the political landscape by allowing corporate and union election financing?

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

The main objective of a PAC is to:

Collect campaign contributions from supporters and pass these onto candidates for office

Which of the following is a theoretical assumption of pluralism?

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

One difference between an interest group and a political party is that an interest group:

Doesn't run candidates for office

A person who enjoys the benefits of a group's collective efforts but does not contribute to those efforts is called a

Free rider

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Which of the following most accurately expresses the reality behind the myth of corrupting interest groups?

Interest groups help to give people a voice in government

The interaction of mutual interests involving interest groups, government officials, and members of Congress is known as the

Iron triangle

Which of the following would be an example of a ballot initiative?

NOT A vote on whether the governor should be recalled from office. A vote on whether recreational marijuana usage should be legalized in Missouri..??

Which of the following is an example of the use of litigation by an interest group?

NOT Seeking to overturn judicial precedent NOT Providing research data on legal cases to lawmakers

Lobbying is

NOT an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting indirect pressure, through phone calls or emails, on members of Congress or a state legislature.

When an oil company is invited to participate in negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency over a proposed rule on offshore drilling, it illustrates that

NOT interest groups no longer attempt to influence representatives in Congress or judges and focus almost all of their attention, instead, on administrative agencies. federal agencies almost always attempt to consult relevant stakeholders before implementing a new rule.??

The legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 illustrates

NOT the impact that an interest group can have through lobbying Congress.

An interest group is a(n):

Organized group of people with common goals seeking to influence the government

How do interest groups use litigation as a strategy of influence?

They file amicus curiae briefs, finance lawsuits, and bring suit directly on behalf of the group.

Although Madison warned of the dangers of interest groups, he also argued that:

They are inevitable in any democratic system

An iron triangle is made up of an alliance between

a legislative committee, and interest group, and an executive agency

Interest groups are permitted to spend as much money as they want on issue advocacy during a campaign season, as long as they

do not coordinate their efforts with a candidate's own campaign organization.

The Supreme Court's landmark decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) was significant because it

dramatically increased the flow of money from interest groups and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.

In recent years, the religious right has had a great effect on American politics through

grassroots mobilization.

In some states, citizens can vote directly on matters of public policy through:

initiatives and referenda

The best description of the ideal of pluralism is that

interest groups should be free to compete for governmental influence.

The initiative was

promoted by late nineteenth-century Populists and Progressives as an antidote to interest group influence in the legislative process.??