Role Of Interest Groups In Democracy

The United States is a democracy which means, it is a system of government where members ruled directly. Democracy is important to the U.S because this form of government provides freedom to its citizens. This form of government encourages political parties and interest groups to help with the policymaking process. A political party is a group of political people who operate the government with elections and determine public policy. Public policy is unwritten principles in regards to social issues. The function of political parties is to recruit candidates, run and organize elections, accept responsibility and much more. Unlike political parties, interest groups are an organization of people that share common interests to influence the government. Interest groups have a great impact on democracy because they work with Congress members to provide information to the government to influence political elections and its members. Interest groups are not …show more content…
The groups want to make sure people’s voice are heard without joining parties. Considering they are not involved in the political campaign process, they do a good job at helping promote candidates through the media. They along with the parties wants the people to make choices to ensure a great democracy. Interest groups help lobbyists contact officials of the government to help with press and draft ideas. A technique the interest groups do is to influence government policy by working with the general public. The major role the interest groups play in the United States government is trying to influence the government to ensure their ideas are heard in whatever why possible. In American Government and Politics today it is stated that the “interest groups are often spawned by social movement”(Schmidt, 2014). This is saying that some movements what specific goals from the interest groups and relying upon them for the idea to be