Political Parties/Interest Groups/Media

What is a Political Party

• A fun party that collages do

• A common school club that talks about politics

• A group of people who have similar political views, and work to achieve them

Which major party tends to be more conservative and supports less federal government funding?

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

Which Political Party believes that government should be more involved in the lives of "the small guy" or workers?

• Libertarian Party

• Socialist Party

• Democrat Party

• Republican Party

a group of people who are concerned with a particular issue and who try to influence legislators to act in their favor, also known as a special interest group

• lobbying

• media

• candidate

• interest group

participating in activities in order to influence government officials

• lobbying

• monitor

• influence

• political official

What influencing technique spreads ideas with the purpose of helping or hurting a particular candidate?

• symbolism

• bias

• propaganda

What is an important difference between interest groups and political parties?

• Interest groups have more members than political parties

• Interest groups have platforms that address all issues of public concern

• Interest groups are organized to elect their candidates to office

• Interest groups attempt to influence government directly on a particular issue

a group of people that seeks to influence public policy on the basis of a particular common interest or concern.

• general elections

• special interest groups

• caucus

• Federal Reserve

An example of print media is:

• newspaper

• television

• Instagram

Which type of group would be most likely to lobby Congress to pass a law that would regulate corn prices in the United States?

• a labor union

• a professional group

• an agricultural group