A) do not provide any selective benefits to their members.
B) spend much less time communicating with their members and much more time lobbying policy makers.
C) have a streamlined staff structure with fewer staff,who often work from virtual offices.
D) are always run entirely by volunteers who take no salary.
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A) an interest group asks its members and their families throughout the country to write their representatives in support of the group's position.
B) a spontaneous show of political support for a particular position manifests itself.
C) interest groups organize to support a dark-horse presidential candidate.
D) an interest group buys advertisements in newspapers around the country in order to publicize an issue.
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A) members of Congress are presented with many opportunities to amend a piece of legislation.
B) the benefits of a group's actions are available only to a specific segment of society.
C) the benefits of a group's actions are broadly available and cannot be denied to nonmembers.
D) members of Congress listen only to organized interest groups and not to public opinion polls.
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C
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A) grassroots mobilization.
B) gaining access.
C) campaign financing.
D) iron triangles.
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A) material benefit.
B) collective good.
C) solidary benefit.
D) purposive benefit.
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A) Litigation
B) Creating a "war room"
C) Creating an iron triangle
D) Going public
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A) ideological
B) partisan
C) labor
D) public interest
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A) an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting indirect pressure,through advertisements and media coverage,on members of Congress or a state legislature.
B) an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of Congress or a state legislature.
C) an attempt by an individual or group to influence the passage of legislation by exerting indirect pressure,through phone calls or emails,on members of Congress or a state legislature.
D) the act of working on a reelection campaign.
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A) U.S.Senate candidates.
B) U.S.presidential candidates.
C) political parties.
D) Super PACs.
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A) a legislative committee,an executive agency,and the federal courts.
B) the federal courts,the state courts,and interest groups.
C) a legislative committee,an interest group,and an executive agency.
D) the media,a legislative committee,and the federal courts.
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A) its inherent propensity for compromise,the character of which tends to be antidemocratic.
B) its class bias in favor of those with greater financial resources.
C) that its ideals are too closely associated with Marxist-Leninist ideology and are
Therefore unacceptable to the majority of Americans.
D) that it gives too much influence to religious organizations and therefore threatens
The separation of church and state.
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A) states that individuals may contribute up $15,000 to any candidate for federal office in any primary or general election.
B) requires that each candidate or campaign committee itemize the full name and address,occupation,and principal business of each person who contributes more than $100.
C) states that political action committees can contribute $500,000 to any candidate for federal office in any primary or general election.
D) eliminated unrestricted "soft money" donations to the national political parties.
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A) dramatically decreased the flow of money from interest groups and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.
B) dramatically increased the flow of money from interest groups and Super PACs into politics and electoral campaigns.
C) prohibited Super PACs from donating to electoral campaigns but increased the amount of money interest groups could contribute.
D) prohibited interest groups from donating to electoral campaigns but increased the amount of money Super PACs could contribute.
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A) $1,000
B) $2,700
C) $5,000
D) $7,500
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A) an iron triangle.
B) a membership association.
C) the New Politics movement.
D) an issue network.
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A) in 1932 as an effort to convince Congress to enact Social Security.
B) in 1958 as an effort to find affordable health insurance for retired teachers.
C) in 1965 as an effort to push for the passage of Medicare.
D) in 2001 as an effort to prevent the George W.Bush administration's tax cuts.
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A) to raise grassroots support for a particular interest
B) to build better networks between interest groups and political parties
C) to raise and distribute money to election campaigns
D) to produce and carry out an institutional advertising campaign
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