Interest Groups Influence The Government

An interest group is a group that shares a common interest and works together to protect & promote these interests by trying to influence the government. They are usually divided into two categories: economic and noneconomic. Economic groups work to gain private goods which are only beneficial to the members of that group. The noneconomic groups are interest groups that instead of working towards material gains, they fight for causes. They work towards public goods that benefit all of society. The four main types of economic interest groups are business group, labor groups, agricultural groups and professional associations. Interest groups are not usually a part of government even though they might donate to politicians, or support specific legislation.

Political parties and interest groups rival the other for power. One thing they have in common is that they both want the government to do certain things. For example, The NRA and the Republican Party both want the government to do less in the way of regulating people’s right to bear arms. The major difference in the two is that the political parties care about many issues while interest groups only care about one issue. For example, it

For example, city and state governments might lobby in Washington to pursue their goals and gain benefits. Mostly, local governments are trying to gain more funding to carry out their work and responsibilities. Much of the time, federal grants are offered as support. Other times local governments may advocate for increased direct decision making powers, and control over new policy areas. Along with the direct advocacy work, many government interest groups also conduct work with public education and media campaigns. Some US government interest groups are the National League of Cities, the National Conference of Mayors, and the National Governors