The term interest group can be generally defined as
A) an organization that seeks a collective good, the achievement of which will not specifically or materially benefit the membership or activists of the organization.
B) a group that has a narrow interest, dislikes compromise, and single-mindedly pursues its goal.
C) all people who share some common interest regardless of whether they join an organization promoting that interest.
D) an organization of people with similar policy goals entering the political process to try to achieve those aims.
E) an organization of people who share a common interest who run candidates in elections sympathetic to that interest.
Ans: D) an organization of people with similar policy goals entering the political process to try to achieve those aims.
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a. 2% b. 1% c. 25% d. 10%
The primary function of the ____ is to decide, on behalf of the United States, which cases will and will not be presented to the U.S. Supreme Court for review.
a. U.S. attorney general b. U.S. attorneys c. U.S. solicitor general d. state attorneys general