American Democracy: Different Types Of Interest Groups
Our American Democracy supports several different types of interest groups. Private and Public Interest Groups, seek public policies that benefit economic interests. Business Interest Groups are umbrella organizations which include, small and large corporations, including the Chamber of Commerce whom represents more them 3 million individual businesses.
Labor Interest Groups consist of large powerful groups such as the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which represents 57 unions and 9 million organized workers. These Unions under the AFL-CIO, press for policies to improve working conditions and ensure better pay. Professional Interest Groups are concerned with their professions standards and work …show more content…
The often times provide support for legislators who favor their policies. Interest groups encourage their members to vote for the candidate who supports their interest or threaten with withdrawal of votes.
These Interest Groups or “Super Pacs”, funneled nearly $1 billion dollars into election spending which funded negative ads during the 2012 election cycle. These groups use online campaigns, television, magazine advertisement and other techniques to steer the public which in turn will steer the legislator into passing legislation favoring what they want. Rating systems are used to score legislators according to the percentages they vote favorably with a particular group and legislators do not want to earn low scores with Americans for Democratic Action (ADA).
An example of influence on a previous election was the “Occupy Together Movement” in 2011 and 2012. This movement put inequality on the forefront of the political agenda in 2012. Another example was in 2004 when a coal company donated $3 million dollars to an election campaign of a West Virginia Supreme Court. This entire sum of money was spent on the race and that Supreme Court later ruled in favor of the coal company in a $50-million-dollar
Labor Interest Groups consist of large powerful groups such as the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which represents 57 unions and 9 million organized workers. These Unions under the AFL-CIO, press for policies to improve working conditions and ensure better pay. Professional Interest Groups are concerned with their professions standards and work …show more content…
The often times provide support for legislators who favor their policies. Interest groups encourage their members to vote for the candidate who supports their interest or threaten with withdrawal of votes.
These Interest Groups or “Super Pacs”, funneled nearly $1 billion dollars into election spending which funded negative ads during the 2012 election cycle. These groups use online campaigns, television, magazine advertisement and other techniques to steer the public which in turn will steer the legislator into passing legislation favoring what they want. Rating systems are used to score legislators according to the percentages they vote favorably with a particular group and legislators do not want to earn low scores with Americans for Democratic Action (ADA).
An example of influence on a previous election was the “Occupy Together Movement” in 2011 and 2012. This movement put inequality on the forefront of the political agenda in 2012. Another example was in 2004 when a coal company donated $3 million dollars to an election campaign of a West Virginia Supreme Court. This entire sum of money was spent on the race and that Supreme Court later ruled in favor of the coal company in a $50-million-dollar