Interest Groups APGov

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+# Interst Groups Influencing Policy Making
+
+## Pluralism
+The idea that a magnitude of views will ultimately find a consensus on some issues
+## Lobbying
+applying pressure ot influence the government in order to get them to do something in the group's favor
+## Big Idea: Multiple actors and institutions to produce and implement possible policies
+## Free-Rider Problem
+lack of resources in smaller groups. 
+## Iron Triangle
+an illustration of the relationships between a congressional comittee, and agency, and the interest group. 
+## Issue Networks
+groups with a collective goal. Work together to support the solution to a specific issue 
+## Direct Lobbying
+directly trying to influence the legislators. writing op-eds, press releases, television, print advertizing. Calling directly: all forms of direct lobbying
+## Lobbyists
+people who work on establishing relationships with legislators in order to help the person/group they are lobbying for
+## Legislative Activity
+??? does not exist ???
+## Think as a Political Scientist:
+Use the table below to answer the questions that follow
+
+1. What conclusions can be made from the information presented in the table?
+
+it can be made out that men are more affected by smoking than women
+2. What information would make the table more useful to lawmakers as they crafted the 2009 law?
+
+displaying the same information for all the idfferent categories. such as putting cornary heart disease in with those who actually get that who are not secondhand smoke people
+3. What information might the tabacco industry want shown to defend their product?
+
+the amount of people who do not die from their products
+4. How could this data have been presented in a different visual format to convey the information more clearly?
+
+showing bar charts that would show where the discrepancy of the death between the different people/demographics
+
+## Social Media
+can influence the general populus which will influence the legilator
+## Implementation
+??? not in the text?!
+## Electoral Activity
+
+## Other Activity
+
+## 501(c)(3)/501(c)(4) groups 
+501c3 churches, hospitals. tax deductions. can influence but are not allowed to lobby government officials or donate to campaigns
+
+501c4 is allowed to spend on political things. but cant be more than half of expenditures
+## Endorsement
+person's/company's expression of support that is public
+## Grassroots lobying
+mobalizing large numbers of people in order to work on an issue
+## Essential Question: What are the benefits and potential problems of interest-group influence on elections and policy making?
+
+1. Benefits of interest groups-
+gets politics moveing as well as demonstrating some of the public's opinions
+2. Drawbacks of interest groups-
+can influence too much of the government and typically allows the most resource people to have the most influence on the government