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Who we are?
When are
interests interesting?
Who gets represented?
Associations
- complex societies generate greater numbers of associations
Truman (1951)
- acquire connections with the institutions of government
- disturbances induce group formation
With the expansion of government, and increase in rules, more interests need institutional representation.
Complexity
Social movements
Why get involved?
Issue salience
Agenda
Operation
of
Government
Access
Ideological
978
Access
Why such a drop in % from PACs?
"Wealthy individuals are more of a threat to Super PACs controlling elections than corporations ever could be because their motivations are much more direct (Hoffman 2016, 233).
"In 2016, the dominance of large donors is even more pronounced, with the top 5 percent of donors giving approximately 61 percent of all funds, the top 25 percent giving 90 percent, and the bottom quartile of donors giving less than 0.6 percent" (Albert 2017, 19).
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By the Numbers
Members of Congress have three goals...
What do members need?
Make good policy
Power in the institution
65+
41-50
51-64
21-30
31-40
08-14
15-20
It's
Complicated
Attainment of the goals is complicated by:
Constituency reaction
Legislative process
Policy performance