What Did a Recent Study of Interest Group Activity Reveal

question 90

Multiple Choice

What did a recent study of interest group activity reveal about the importance of financial resources in the interest group system?

• A) The big interests always win.
• B) The correlation between big money and lobbying success is weak.
• C) PAC donations and lobbying expenditures were shown to have a great impact on policy outcomes.
• D) Wealthy interest groups tend to align themselves with other wealthy groups and successfully overpower interest groups with less money.

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