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Interest Groups
Chapter 6
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Interest Group Power
Interest Groups =
• Organizations outside the government that attempt to influence the government’s behavior,
decision-making, and allocation of resources• Interest groups usually work within the
framework of government and employ tactics such as lobbying to achieve their goals
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The Interest Group Explosion
• 1959: 5,843
• 1970: 10,308
• 1980: 14,726
• Mid-1990s: 22,200
Why has there been such a large growth in
interest groups over the last forty years?
Number of national-level interest group organizations in the United
States
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Major Organized Interest Groups
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Types of Interest Groups: Economic Interest Groups
Vice President Dick Cheney is the former head
of Halliburton, Inc, a company that faced
criticism for its handling of defense contracts in
Iraq
Business groups can play a role in foreign and defense policy decisions
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Union Membership in the United States Compared to Other Countries
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The Decline in Union Membership
Historical Statistics of the United States, vol. 1, 178; Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1998, 444; U.S. Census Bureau; Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2003, 432, 433.
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Types of Interest Groups: Ideological or Single-Interest Groups
The Christian Coalition distributes voter guides before elections as one
means of influencing politics
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The National Rifle Association
• After the Columbine High School tragedy, public opinion solidly favored stricter gun laws
• NRA spent $3 million to fight gun control bills
• Gun control legislation did not pass
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NRA Issue Ads
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AARP: The Nation’s Most Powerful Interest Group
• 36 million members• Offers a wide array of material benefits like
insurance and magazines• One of the most influential lobbying groups
in Washington
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Divided We Fail AARP Ads
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Types of Interest Groups: Public Interest Groups
• Unsafe at Any Speed (1965)
• Ran for president as Green Party candidate in 1996 and 2000 and as independent in 2004 and 2008
Ralph Nader
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Types of Interest Groups: Foreign Policy and Public Sector Interest Groups
Foreign Policy Interest Groups
• Council on Foreign Relations
• American-Israel Political Action Committee
Public Sector Interest Groups
• National Governors Association
• National League of Cities
• National Educational Association
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Interest Groups: Cohesiveness
Types of members in an organization
Small number of
formal members
People intensely involved with the group
People who are members in name only
Ex.) National Education Association (NEA)
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Interest Groups: Techniques
Publicity and Mass Appeals
Influence on Rule Making
Litigation
Election Activities
Forming a Political Party
Cooperative Lobbying
Mass Mailing
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Who are the Lobbyists?
The Iron Triangle
Interest groups
Congress membersBureaucratic leaders and experts
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The Iron Triangle
• iron triangle – a policy-making alliance that involves very strong ties among a congressional committee, an interest group, and a federal department or agency (such as a House and/or Senate authorizing committee)– each side supports the other 2
• Ex.) Policy making for veterans is made thru iron triangle of Dept. of Veterans Affairs, House and Senate Veterans Committees, and a long list of interest groups that represent veterans
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The “Revolving Door”
• Federal government workers leave to take more lucrative positions in private industry (lobbying, consulting, executive positions)
• This may give private interests a way to improperly influence government decisions
• Nearly half of all retiring congressmen have gone into lobbying in recent years, as have many high-level staffers
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Obama’s Ads on Lobbyists
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McCain’s Ad on Interest Groups
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What Do Lobbyists Do?
Techniques
• Providing technical information at
hearings (best way to influence
legislators)
• Grass-roots mobilization
• Protests and demonstrations
• Coalition building
• Boycotts
• Meeting with legislators at conferences
• “Wining and dining”
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Money and Politics
PAC
The political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to
raise funds on a voluntary basis from members, stockholders, or employees in order to contribute funds to favored candidates or
political parties
•PACs representing business interests have grown the most
since the 1970s
Soft Money
Money raised in unlimited amounts by political parties for party-building purposes, now
largely illegal
Hard Money
Political contributions given to a party, candidate or interest group,
that are limited in amount and fully disclosed
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Total PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates, 1979-2004 (in millions)
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Spending by Political Action Committees (PACs), 2003-2004
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PACs that Gave the Most to Federal Candidates, 2000-2004 (Millions of Dollars)
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All Time Big-Money
Contributors
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Contributors to the Republican and Democratic Parties by Sector
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Soft Money and Issue Advocacy
The 1996 election was a watershed in the involvement of interest groups and individuals in
financing campaigns
•Great increase in issue advocacy – – unlimited and undisclosed spending by an individual or
group on communications that do not use words like “vote for” or “vote against,” although much of this activity is actually about electing or defeating candidates
– serves as a way for interest groups to circumvent disclosure and contribution limits
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Born Alive Issue Ad
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Obama’s Response
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moveon.org
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BCRA and Interest Group Electioneering
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) was passed and signed into law by President George W. Bush in February, 2002
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., and Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.)
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The Effectiveness of Interest Group Activity in Elections
• Tendency of PACs to give money to incumbents has meant that challengers face real difficulties in getting their campaigns funded
• “Too often, members’ first thought is not what is right or what they believe, but how it will affect fundraising. Who, after all, can seriously contend that a $100,000 donation does not alter the way one thinks about--and quite possibly votes on--an issue?” - Former U. S. Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY)
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Sources of House Candidates’ Receipts, 2003-2004
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Sources of Senate Candidates’ Receipts, 2003-2004
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Federal and State Regulation
• Serious campaign finance reform began in 1971 with the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)
• Buckley v. Valeo (1976) – Supreme Court case that overturned several of FECA’s provisions on grounds that they violated 1st Amendment– said legislatures couldn’t limit how much of their own
money people spend on their own campaigns independent of a candidate or political party, but Congress may limit how much people contribute to somebody else’s campaign
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Characteristics of Individual Political Contributors