How Interest Groups Influence Political Parties

Interest groups are groups of people who share the same political interest and try to influence political parties to adopt the same interests. They give unrepresented or underrepresented groups the opportunity to get their voices herd. Often time’s interest groups offer wealthy and powerful interest even more access to political makers. According to the disturbance theory groups form because of changes happening in the political system. Every interest group consists of three different kinds of members, the first tier devotes all of their time and effort into the group, the second tier members do the most work; they attend meetings, pay dues and chair committees to see things get done, the third tier have the least participation they call themselves members and pay their dues. Interests groups are funded by patrons, or people who are willing to finance the group, with their startup funds.
Interest groups are divided into two categories, economic; labor, business, and agricultural, and non-economic; single issues, ideological, government. Economic groups seek economic advantages, private
Most groups lobby by contacting legislators and testifying at hearings. They also file lawsuits or friend court briefs to lobby courts. The power of interest groups allows the citizens and the government have a link between them, in order for them to come together. These groups give society a voice in politics on their specific interest. Their power comes from their leaders, patrons and their members. In order to function the groups need to be funded, which comes from the patrons, their leaders are the key role of their interest and attract other members, members spread the word and pay their dues to keep their groups running and keep getting their voice heard. Interest groups influence policy making by lobbying government, they lobby congress, the executive branch and