Interest Group Tactics
Daily Double! What amendement gives the right for the formation and actions of interest groups?
1st Amendment - Right to assemble and right to free speech
What is the term for direct attempts by interest groups to influence legislators and government agencies?
Lobbying
businesses, trade associations, labor unions (e.g., U.S. Chamber of Commerce, AFL-CIO)
Economic groups
This is is the media's ability to influence which issues the public considers important.
Agenda setting
How has the rise in media outlets NEGATIVELY impacted the democratic process?
Total partisan media diets
Disinformation/misiformation
Lack of diverse opinions/filter bubbles/echo chambers
Daily Double! What type of legal document can an interest group file with the Supreme Court as a "friend of the court"?
An amicus curiae brief.
What term describes a person who benefits from an interest group's work without contributing financially?
A free rider.
ocused narrowly on one cause (e.g., NRA, NARAL)
Single-issue groups
What term describes media coverage that frames elections primarily around who is winning rather than policy positions?
Horse race journalism
How has the rise in media outlets POSITIVELY impacted the democratic process?
More choice or more ways to consume
Daily Double! Name one of two ways interest groups can directly influence the legislative process beyond just lobbying?
Drafting legislation and mobilizing their membership to apply pressure on lawmakers.
This fund raising term and strategy came from the Citizens United v. FEC decision. It allows corporations to donate unlimited funds to this type of political fundraising committee.
SuperPACs
represent members of a profession (e.g., AMA, ABA)
Professional associations
What term describes media outlets that only cover the news from slanted political beliefs?
partisan media
What is the legal term for government censorship of information BEFORE it is published
prior restraint
What part of the govenment do Interest Groups work with when they engage in Regulatory Influence?
the bureaucracy
What are goods and services available only to paying members, offered to encourage people to join and address the free rider problem.
selective benefits
motivated by a broad political vision (e.g., Club for Growth)
Ideological groups
What term describes media outlets that reinforce consumers' existing political beliefs and don't offer differing opinions?
echo chambers or filter bubbles)
In the case of Citizens United v. FEC, these were deemed to have the same free speech rights as individuals and therefore could donate as much as they wanted to creating SuperPACs
corporations or businesses
What is the lobbying called that involves activating members of the public to pressure officials.
grassroots mobilization
What is the political science term for the interaction of these three groups: A congressional committee, a bureaucratic agency, and an interest group.
Iron Trianlge
advocate for broad public benefit (e.g., Sierra Club, ACLU)
Public interest groups
Ownership of many media outlets by a small number of large corporations
Media consolidation
What AP required document predicts the inevitable formation and the dangers of interest groups?
Federalist 10