How Is a System That Allows Interest Groups to Influence

question 62

Multiple Choice

How is a system that allows interest groups to influence public policy considered fair by those who support such involvement?

• A) Each group that wants to be represented in politics has the opportunity to be represented.
• B) Groups that have more influence over public policy tend to represent the majority of people anyway.
• C) Only those groups that have a large membership and more money are able to influence policy.
• D) The formation of interest groups is natural to American political culture and always has been.

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