Interest Groups and Lobbying Chapter 6. Interest Groups and Lobbying.
Special Interest Groups and Propaganda
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Special Interest Groups and Propaganda
Civics 11.3
Economic Interest Groups
• Interest group based on a monetary interest• Labor Unions: employees who work together
to achieve common goals.– Better Working Conditions– More Pay
• Chamber of Commerce
Social Interest Groups
• Many social Interest groups• Private Groups– Promote only special interests of its members– NRA, NAACP, AARP
• Public Interest Groups– Promote causes that affects the lives of Americans in
General– League of Women Voters– Nonpartisan - not affiliated with a particular party.
Interest Groups and the government
• #1 goal of interest groups is to influence public policy
• Concentrate on Courts, Elections, Lawmakers• Political Action Committees (PACs)- collect
money from members and donates it to a specific candidate
Lobbying
• Lobbyists – representatives of interest groups or Private company whose job is to contact law makers
• Provides law makers with facts that support their cause
• Interest Groups are protected by the 1st Amendment right to assembly
Regulations on Interest Groups
• Laws restrict how much money they can give a candidate
• Ex-Public Officials must wait to become lobbyists.
Interest Groups use of Propaganda
• Interest groups often use Propaganda to further their cause.
• There are 7 different types of propaganda1) The Bandwagon: join us and win2) Name-Calling3) Endorsement4) Stacked Cards5) Glittering Generality6) Just Plain Folk: Were just like you7) Transfer
Endorsement: Popular people publically support candidates
Name Calling: focusing on your opponents negative aspects
Transfer: associating patriotic symbols with a patriot
Glittering Generalities: The candidate will bring use peace and prosperity
Stacked Cards: showing two different takes one overly positive one overly negative