The "Inside Game" of Interest Group Activity Concerns

question 254

Multiple Choice

The "inside game" of interest group activity concerns

• A) bribing members of Congress.
• B) lobbying; the politics of one-on-one persuasion.
• C) educating the public about the goals of an interest group.
• D) publishing the voting records of members of Congress.
• E) mobilizing voters to support pro-interest group legislators.

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