Interest group classwork

a) The main goal of interest groups is to see their interests adopted and protected by the federal government.

b) The major goal of political parties is to get their candidate nominated and elected to office.

c) Interest groups help political parties by stressing issues that are important to the public so that officials can know what topics to focus on, and raising awareness in the public.

d) By raising awareness in the public, interest groups can gain more support for their goal, as well as more widely publicize their goal so that it becomes a larger issue in politics than it might have been before.