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Assignmernt:
1. Differentiate key characteristics of economic interest groups and citizen interest groups. Which kind of group is typically more successful in influencing campaigns and policy outcomes? Why?
2. What is a Political Action Committee? What does it do?
3. Based on the CRP data about which Political Action Committees have given the most money to candidates, tell me which PAC has contributed the most money to each of the groups below during the 2022 election cycle. (Just the name of the PAC for each is all I need).
(a) Democrats only
(b) Republicans only
(c) All parties combined
4. Also based on this PAC data, in general, what kinds of groups give money primarily to Democratic candidates? What kinds of groups contribute mostly to Republican candidates?
5. Patterson says that PAC money contributed to candidates goes overwhelmingly to incumbent politicians rather than challengers. Why do you think that is?
6. True or False: As James Madison envisioned, the system of checks and balances in the American political system today is very effective at limiting the power of special interest groups.
Website for question 3
Textbook: Patterson, Thomas. 2021. We the People, An Introduction to American Government, 14th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.