Interest Groups by Paola Avila https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi Section 1: The Nature of Interest Groups en-us 2017-04-11 15:34:05 UTC 2017-04-18 15:53:17 UTC hello@padlet.com The Role of Interest Groups 319501 https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/165914117 - Organized efforts to protect group interests are fundamental part of the democratic process. 
- Interest groups are sometimes called "pressure groups and often "special interests" or "organized interests."]]> 2017-04-11 15:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/165914117 Political Parties and Interest Groups 319501 https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/165916925 - Interest groups are made up of people who unite for some political purpose. 
- There are two types of political parties which are the Republican and Democratic Parties.
- They differ in three different ways.
1. In the making of nominations
2. In their primary focus
3. In the scope of their interests]]> 2017-04-11 15:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/165916925 319501 https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/165917845 - Parties nominate candidates for republic office and interest groups don't.
- Interest groups try to affect the outcomes of primaries and other nominating contests.
- Political parties is interested in winning elections and controlling government.  ]]> 2017-04-11 15:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/165917845 319501 https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/166002291 Interests groups exist to shape public policy, they also operate the policies that are made and that can be influenced. 
- Interests groups also give themselves a variety of labels; leagues, clubs, federations, committees, unions, associations, and so on. ]]> 2017-04-12 01:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/166002291 Two Early Views 319501 https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/166003028 Many people have long viewed interests groups with deep suspicions. James Madison had warned the new nation against the dangers of  what he called "factions."
- Madison thought that factions were inevitable i human society, and he was opposed to any kind of attempt to abolish them.]]> 2017-04-12 01:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/166003028 319501 https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/166003698 - Alexis de Tocqueville was deeply impressed by the vast number of organizations he found in the United States. 
- Tocqueville was a Frenchman who toured much of his county in the early 1830's. ]]> 2017-04-12 01:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/166003698 Valuable Functions of Interest Groups 319501 https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/166003893 Interest groups help stimulate interest in public affairs. 
- Public affairs are those issues and events that concern the people at the large. 
- Interest groups raise awareness of public affairs mostly by developing and promoting those policies they favor and by opposing those policies they see as threats to their interests.]]> 2017-04-12 01:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/319501/fd4islxjvfhi/wish/166003893