https://padlet.com/518481/8n950uz44674 The nature of interest groups en-us 2018-03-26 15:21:33 UTC 2018-03-26 15:58:14 UTC hello@padlet.com 518481 https://padlet.com/518481/8n950uz44674/wish/246136689 Interest groups seek public policy. Public Policy includes all of the goals a government set and the various courses of action. ]]> 2018-03-26 15:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/518481/8n950uz44674/wish/246136689 518481 https://padlet.com/518481/8n950uz44674/wish/246139302 Political parties and interest groups  over lap in any ways such as 1.) in making of nominations. 2) in their primary focus. 3.) in the scope of their interests. 
Parties nominate candidates interests don't. ]]> 2018-03-26 15:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/518481/8n950uz44674/wish/246139302 518481 https://padlet.com/518481/8n950uz44674/wish/246143823 Two early views
James Madison thought that fractions were inevitable in human society and opposed abolishing them.The thought is interest groups good or bad. 
Valuable Functions of Interest Group. 
Public Affairs- those issues and events that concern the people affairs. ]]> 2018-03-26 15:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/518481/8n950uz44674/wish/246143823 518481 https://padlet.com/518481/8n950uz44674/wish/246150060 The potential bad side of interest groups is sometimes all too apparent. 
1. Some interest groups have an influence far out of proportion to their size. 
2. Sometimes hard to tell just who or how many people a group really represents.
3. Many groups do not in fact represent the views of all the people whom they claim to speak. 
4. Some groups use tactics in they become widespread. Would undermine the whole political system. ]]> 2018-03-26 15:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/518481/8n950uz44674/wish/246150060