Pressure/Interest Groups
•Public and private corporations work with lobbyists to persuade public officials to act or vote according to group members’ interests.
•Interest groups do not seek control over government nor do they recruit, nominate, and elect public officials.
•They concentrate on influencing legislation, policy, and program in specific issue areas of special interest, including corporate taxes and subsidies (big business), banking regulations, farm subsidies, federal aid to education, or wide life conservation.