Vocabulary
Coalitions that represent a significant proportion of citizens
Political Parties
What year was the Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decided?
2010
Private interests often lobby government for particularized benefits, which are narrowly distributed. These benefits usually accrue to...
wealthier members of society. Public interests, on the other hand, try to represent a broad segment of society or even all persons.
Which individual decided to erupt in protests and riots in Missouri during 2014?
Ferguson
Individuals receiving benefits without helping to bear the cost
Free Rider
In what year was the Lobbying Disclosure Act passed?
1995
Groups that are small, wealthy, and/or better organized are sometimes better able to overcome collective action problems. Sometimes external political, social, or economic disturbances result in...
interest group mobilization.
What was the name of the civil rights group concerned with promoting equality and eliminating discrimination based on race?
NAACP
The conviction that you can make a difference or that government cares about you or your views.
Efficacy Sources—including fellow lawmakers, constituents, and interest groups—that lawmakers often use to help them decide how to vote, especially on unfamiliar issues
What year did the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act become law?
2002
Interest groups afford people the opportunity to become more civically engaged. Socioeconomic status is an...
important predictor of who will likely join groups
What group had thirty-eight million members and advocates for a variety of issues including health care, employment, financial security, and consumer protection?
AARP or American Association of Retired Persons
Sources that lawmakers often use to help them decide how to vote, especially on unfamiliar issues
Voting cues
What yeast was the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act enacted?
2007
Interest groups support candidates sympathetic to their views in hopes of...
gaining access to them once they are in office
What is it called when groups that collect funds from donors and distribute them to candidates who support their issues?
PACs or political action committees
Prevention of lawmakers from lobbying government immediately after leaving office
revolving door laws.
In what year did the Supreme Court rule Buckley v. Valeo?
1976
According to this view, the First Amendment protects...
the right of interest groups to give money to politicians.
What organization supports free speech rights regardless of whether the speech is popular?
ACLU