Discuss How Interest Groups Build Support for Favored Candidates

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Essay

Discuss how interest groups build support for favored candidates. What organizations are they allowed to create in order to influence elections? What limits have Congress and the courts placed on these organizations? Are these limits effective? Should there be limitations on how much money individuals and groups can donate to a cause, or do such caps violate First Amendment rights?

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Definitions:

Schizophrenia

A chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves, often involving delusions, hallucinations, and disordered thinking.

Catatonia

A neuropsychiatric behavioral syndrome characterized by abnormal movements and behaviors, often including mutism, rigidity, and stupor.

Positive Symptoms

Symptoms of mental disorders that include excess or distortion of normal functions, such as hallucinations or delusions.

Negative Symptoms

In psychology, especially in the context of schizophrenia, these refer to the absence of normal behaviors or feelings, such as social withdrawal or lack of emotion.