The Role Of Interest Groups In American Politics

This paper will discuss what interest groups are and the role that interest groups play in American politics and why it is important. Another thing that this paper will discuss is how interest groups have influenced American elections. American elections have been influenced with direct and indirect strategies to get a candidate elected. They have also been influenced wit the use of information. The direct strategies used where more in your face and out for everyone else to know about and where very effective. While the indirect strategies used may have been hidden and in the shadows they were also effective. The use of information was helpful to put things out into the world and it was also there to help the candidate that was being supported by the interest group gain popularity and/or publicity. Towards the end of the paper the role of interest groups and how they have influenced American elections should be understood.

Interest groups play an important role in American politics. An interest group is an organization of people who share common political goals; they are united and their purpose is to influence government decisions. The formation of interest groups are usually based upon a common problem or threat. Examples of this would be the Sierra Club which was formed around environmental threats and the
They have influenced American elections in may ways. In this paper three of them were mentioned. The three ways that the interest groups have influenced American politics were through, direct techniques,indirect techniques and, by using information. Interest groups are supportive of democratic institutions. Democratic institutions are mostly given by economic and/or self-interest Interest groups are called interest groups because the members are obviously driven by something that they are interested in (Democracy n.d.) . They don’t call them interest groups for