Essay On Interest Groups

What is an “interest group”? Interest Group is any organized groups of individuals sharing common objectives who actively attempt to influence policy makers any way possible to enact legislation that is favorable for the group. Interest groups first started because no one has time for everything, and for more complex issues wants, people formed interest groups to see that the issues are solved. The two different types of interest group that was created are: institutional and membership. Institutional interest groups are the ones representing other groups, and memberships interest groups are the ones supported by activities and contributions of individual citizens. Anyone today can join the thousands of interest group that currently exists in the United States; however, people that typically
They determine what direction the group goes because they are the ones donating a lot of money and time to promote their cause. How interest groups work is by pressuring congress members and other policymakers to act by using lobbyist to lobby for their cause. They will be taken out to dinner and the lobbyist will explain the goal of the interest group and try to get the politician to come to the side of the interest group. Congress members and policymakers will try their best to listen and follow the direction of the interest group because some interest groups are supporting politicians. Interest groups are actively involved in the political campaigns of the candidate that favor the interest group. Not only do the politicians win, but also the interest group win if the elected official is on their side voting and enact legislation that is favorable for the interest group. In my personal opinion I think there are both pros and cons to interest groups. One of the major pros that I can think of is diversity in the government. What is so great about the United States is diversity of the democracy. Since this is a democratic