As each bureaucratic agency promotes its own interest, the role of the State Department generally is to promote

State legislators who take the attitude of a(n) ___________________ see their purpose as representing the will of the people they represent.

a. watchdog b. advocate c. trustee d. delegate legislator

Since the 1960s, the number of interest groups has

A) remained constant. B) risen rapidly. C) declined slightly. D) declined sharply. E) fluctuated up and down as new issues developed and others faded away.