https://padlet.com/laurenrenner8/301st9ivh4st Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2018-02-07 17:20:45 UTC 2026-01-05 00:02:52 UTC hello@padlet.com laurenrenner8 https://padlet.com/laurenrenner8/301st9ivh4st/wish/229214225 2018-02-07 17:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrenner8/301st9ivh4st/wish/229214225 laurenrenner8 https://padlet.com/laurenrenner8/301st9ivh4st/wish/229214885 Interest groups help bridge the gap between people and the government. Through interest groups, people communicate their “wants,” or policy goals, to government leaders, such as the president, Congress, city council, or state legislators. When lawmakers begin to address the vital concerns of an interest group, its members swing into action. Interest groups also act as watchdogs and protest government policies that harm their members.  Interest groups have long been a feature of American political life, but many early leaders in the United States believed that interest groups could make governing difficult. In The Federalist No. 10, James Madison referred to “factions” as groups of people who are united to promote special interests that were “adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.” Madison believed that the Constitution would be a sufficient safeguard against the potential abuses of these interest groups. Whether he was right is a question still debated today.


]]> 2018-02-07 17:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrenner8/301st9ivh4st/wish/229214885 laurenrenner8 https://padlet.com/laurenrenner8/301st9ivh4st/wish/229214963 On the state and national levels, an interest group draws from the financial resources and expertise of its many members. Organized and equipped with sufficient resources, an interest group can exert influence far beyond the power of its individual members.  There are many different types of interests groups such as public, political, ideological, etc.]]> 2018-02-07 17:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/laurenrenner8/301st9ivh4st/wish/229214963