An interest group is a private organization that tries to persuade public officials to respond to the shared attitudes of its members. You may not think that you belong to any interest groups, but as you study different kinds of groups, you may well discover that you do. In fact, you might even belong to several of them.

      You will probaly also realize that you will become a part of many more of these organizations in the years to come-because interest group provide one of the most effective means by wich Americans try to get govt. to respond to their wants and needs.        

 

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