A linkage institution can be described as a structure within a society that links people to the government which helps set and further the political agenda of the American people. There are many different types of linkage institutions and many different ways that they can link people to the political process. Political parties and interest groups are two examples of linkage institutions that link people to the government.
Political parties are groups of people that influence government by winning elections and setting public policy consistent with their platform and goals, which include a stance on a wide variety of issues. For example, in elections, the Republican and Democrat presidential candidates propose competing plans for how they would solve a …show more content…
A real-life example of political party influence is in Orlando in 2016, when The Democratic Party called for marijuana to be downgraded in the Controlled Substances Act. The supporters of Bernie Sanders had an unexpected victory after the platform committee came up with an amendment that downgraded marijuana from schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act and argued that it was added to the act giving it the same classification as heroin. At the vote, the majority of the committee backed the downgrade and the amendment encourages the federal government to lower marijuana from a Class 1 Federal Controlled Substance. Because of the advocating of the members of the Democratic Party, they were able to influence the attitudes and behaviors of political candidates and officeholders such as Bernie Sanders and the platform committee.
Another example of a linkage institution is interest groups. Interest groups
Political parties are groups of people that influence government by winning elections and setting public policy consistent with their platform and goals, which include a stance on a wide variety of issues. For example, in elections, the Republican and Democrat presidential candidates propose competing plans for how they would solve a …show more content…
A real-life example of political party influence is in Orlando in 2016, when The Democratic Party called for marijuana to be downgraded in the Controlled Substances Act. The supporters of Bernie Sanders had an unexpected victory after the platform committee came up with an amendment that downgraded marijuana from schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act and argued that it was added to the act giving it the same classification as heroin. At the vote, the majority of the committee backed the downgrade and the amendment encourages the federal government to lower marijuana from a Class 1 Federal Controlled Substance. Because of the advocating of the members of the Democratic Party, they were able to influence the attitudes and behaviors of political candidates and officeholders such as Bernie Sanders and the platform committee.
Another example of a linkage institution is interest groups. Interest groups