Interest Group or Political Party?

Support candidates who favor ideas

• interest groups

• political party

• both

Nominate candidates and try to win office

• interest group

• political party

• both

Only concerned with few issues

• interest group

• political party

• both

Influence government policies

• interest group

• political party

• both

Form of representative government

• interest group

• political party

• both

do not try to attract members with different points of view

• interest groups

• political party

• both

Must attract people of varied ideas to win elections

• interest group

• political party

• both

Fixed ideology

• interest group

• political party

• both

Consider problems that affect all Americans

• interest group

• political party

• both

Broad-based ideology

• interest group

• political party

• both