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Methods used by Pressure Groups
• Lobbying• Campaigning/ raising awareness • Direct Action• Electioneering & Endorsement
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Electioneering & Endorsement
• The support of candidates by helping to finance their campaigns.
• 2 significant Federal Acts that impacted funding:
• Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971• Campaign Act of 1974 • Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act 2002
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Political Action Committees (PACs)
• Political wing of pressure groups. • Legally permitted to raise funds for candidates
& parties. • Seek to persuade congressmen to vote as the
the group wishes. • Grown significantly since 1970s due to
reforms. Currently around 5,000 PACs.
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Task:
• Sort out the statements into 2 piles: ‘for’ & ‘against’ PACs.
• Which do you think is the stronger argument? Why?
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Task:
• PACs: you need to come up with questions to ask the candidates.
• Candidates: you need to think of your views on the issue to be raised by the PACs.
• PACs question the candidates and then decide who to endorse but with a condition.
• Candidates decide whether to accept the donation.
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Feedback task:
How democratic are PACs’ methods?
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Homework
• What evidence is there that PACs influence congressmen?
• Use your textbooks to find the information.