1. Good Morning! Take a Post-It Note from Mr. Haynes and write/draw what you think of when you hear or think about the term “Interest Groups.”

5. What are interest groups? Interest Group (special interests) is an organization of people with similar policy goals that tries to influence the political process to try to achieve those goals. Interest groups try to influence every branch and every level of government.

7. EVER HEARD OFTHESE GROUPS?

8. 3 Characteristics of Interest Groups

16. PROFESSIONAL/TRADE GROUPS

17. PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS

18. SINGLE-ISSUE GROUPS

19. IDEOLOGICAL GROUPS THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS

20. CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS

21. RELIGIOUS GROUPS

22. GOVERNMENT GROUPS

23. COMMUNITY

24. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

25. 60 Second Stretch and Chat Why do you think people join interest groups?

26. WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN? SOLIDARITY INCENTIVES MATERIAL INCENTIVES PURPOSIVE INCENTIVES THE NEXT 3 SLIDES WILL EXPLAIN THESE INCENTIVES

27. WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY? TO BE WITH OTHERS LIKE THEMSELVES

28. WHAT DO SENIORS GET WHEN THEY JOIN AARP?

29. WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN ANTI- ABORTION GROUPS? Operation Save America unashamedly takes up the cause of preborn children in the name of Jesus Christ. We employ only biblical principles. The Bible is our foundation; the Cross of Christ is our strategy; the repentance of the Church of Jesus Christ is our ultimate goal. As the Church changes its heart toward unborn children, God Himself will hear from heaven, forgive our sin, and bring healing to our land. We believe that Jesus Christ is the only answer to the abortion holocaust. It is upon our active repentance in the streets of our cities that the Gospel is visibly lived out. We become to the church, to our city, and to our nation living parables which rightly represent God's heart toward His helpless children. There are no cheap political solutions to the holocaust presently ravaging our nation. Like slavery before it, abortion is preeminently a Gospel issue. The Cross of Christ is the only solution.

30. WAYS GROUPS SHAPE POLICY LOBBYING- APPROACHING GOVT. PERSONALLY ELECTIONEERING- $$$ & CAMPAIGN SUPPORT TO CANDIDATES

31. WAYS GROUPS SHAPE POLICY (CONT.) LITIGATION- IF LEGISLATION FAILS “MAKE AN END RUN TO THE COURTS” GOING PUBLIC- APPEAL TO PUBLIC OPINION TO HELP THE CAUSE

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33. LOBBYING GROUPS EMPLOY LOBBYISTS TO “BUTTONHOLE” OFFICIALS ON POLICY ISSUES “REVOLVING DOOR CONCEPT”

34. GOVT. SECTOR- OFFICIAL PRIVATE SECTOR- LOBBYIST CONCEPT MEANING? IMPACT ON POLITICS?

35. Former VP CHENEY MADE MILLIONS BETWEEN 1993 AND 2000

36. LOBBYING (CONT.) GROUPS MAINTAIN OFFICES NEAR THE NATION’S CAPITAL SOME COMMON LOBBYING ACTIVIES ARE

37. PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH OFFICIALS

38. INFORMATION IS #1 RESOURCE GROUPS HAVE TO OFFER

39. SOCIAL EVENTS & AWARDS

41. LOBBYING CONGRESSIONAL AIDES & STAFF

42. DRAFTING LEGISLATION

43. LOBBYISTS HELP A CONGRESSMAN BY … INFORMATION POLITICAL STRATEGY CAMPAIGN STRATEGY SOURCE OF IDEAS & INNOVATIONS

44. ELECTIONEERING  GROUPS FORM PACs WHO CONTRIBUTE $$$  608 IN 1974-over 4,600 IN 2009  PACs GIVE HEAVILY TO INCUMBENTS- WHY?

45. LABOR PAC Contributions to Federal Candidates 2010 TOTAL AMT.$56,194,314 DEMOCRAT$52,624,672 REPUBLICAN$3,424,092 # OF PACs84

46. Pro-Life PAC Contributions To Candidates, 2010 TOTAL AMT.$238,558 DEMOCRAT$17,500 REPUBLICAN$215,558 # OF PACs14

47. Education PAC $$$ to Candidates, 2010 TOTAL AMT.$471,261 DEMOCRAT$304,411 REPUBLICAN$166,850 # OF PACs15

51. ELECTIONEERING-ENDORSING CANDIDATES GROUP MEMBERS WILL USUALLY VOTE FOR WHO THE GROUP LEADERS SAY WHY?

53. GO TO COURT IF LEGIS- LATIVE PROCESS FAILS, OR IS TOO SLOW  FILE LAW SUITS  FILE AMICUS CURIAE  SPONSOR “TEST” CASES

54. AMICUS CURIAE ??? An amicus curiae is someone, not a party to a case, who volunteers to offer information to assist a court in deciding a matter before it.

55. “Test” Case ??? A legal action whose outcome is likely to set a precedent or test the constitutionality of a statute. Think of any?

56. WHAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS INTEREST GROUP VICTORY IN COURT? HE ARGUED THE CASE IN 1954 BEFORE THE SUP. CT.

57. GOING PUBLIC GROUPS WORK ON THEIR IMAGE (PR) APPEAL TO PUBLIC OPINION- RUN ADS, POLL, PHONE, MAINTAIN A WEB SITE

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61. “ In order to make claims, political groups will seek access to the key points of decision within the institutions of government” -David B. Truman in The Governmental Process

62. TRUMAN SAYS SUCCESS DEPENDS ON GROUP’S:  STRATEGIC POSITION IN SOCIETY  INTERNAL FEATURES  CONNECTIONS ALREADY EXISTING IN GOVERNMENT

63. STRATEGIC POSITION PERCEPTION OF GROUP BY PUBLIC? TACTICS OF GROUP IN “THE RULES OF GAME”? GROUP USEFUL FOR INFO & KNOWLEDGE? ANY MEMBERS OF GROUP IN POLITICS?

64. WHICH GROUP IS PERCEIVED AS MORE POPULAR? WHY?

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66. WHICH TACTIC IS MORE ACCEPT- ABLE?

67. TACTICS THESE GROUPS EMPLOY? GOOD/BAD?

68. INTERNAL FEATURES GOALS APPROPRIATE & PRACTICAL? ORGANIZED TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE? RESOURCES (PEOPLE & $$$)? LEADERS (SKILLFUL, POPULAR)?

69. WHY SO SUCCESSFUL?

70. WHY UNSUCCESSFUL?

71. WHAT FEATURES MAKES THESE GROUPS SUCCESSFUL?

72. CONNECTIONS WHO’S IN CONGRESS? W.HOUSE? AGENCIES? LEGAL DEPARTMENT? STATE/LOCAL ACCESS? SUBGOVERNMENTS ALREADY IN PLACE?

73. WHICH HAS BETTER CONNECTIONS? WHY?

74. “IRON TRIANGLE” OR “SUB-GOVERNMENTS”

75. GROUPS- GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY?  ANOTHER WAY TO PARTICIPATE & INFLUENCE POLICY  KEEPS AN EYE ON GOVT., ACCOUNTABILITY

76. GROUPS- BAD?  TOO MANY- HYPERPLURALISM & GRIDLOCK  UNFAIR ADVANTAGE BECAUSE OF $$$, REPRESENTATION TO THOSE WHO CAN PAY

77. 4-Square Entrance/Exit Slip (Fold the paper into 4 boxes) 1.Identify (1) thing you already knew about interest groups. 2.Identify (1) thing you learned about interest groups. 3.Making the Connection: How may interest groups come across your daily life? 4.Any questions you still have?