Write an argument that states your opinion on this question: is lobbying good or bad for democracy? why? write one to two paragraphs totaling at least five sentences in response to the prompt.

In thinking through this answer, it is important to begin with a definition of lobbying.

Lobbying is the actions of an interest group to inform and sway the vote of a legislator or policymaker.

The benefit of lobbying is that the interest groups often have subject matter expertise that the legislators might not have.

Lobbying can be bad when the legislators are not being lobbied equally, that is, the two sides of the argument that they are considering and are being educated on are represented by interests groups with vary different levels of power. This means that while the legislator or policymaker is being educated, the argument backed by more money and power is likely to win out.

the discoverers and explorers: 1. natives showed jedediah smith the way. 2. william sublette was the first cross it with a caravan. 3.joel walker and his family were the frist settlers to use it. the jumping off point: 1. founded in 1827 near where the missouri river flows into the mississippi. 2. by the 1840's, it was the most popular "jumping off" point for pioneers to stock their wagons with supplies. 3. missionaries from the church of jesus christ of latter day saints attempted to make independence their zion, or holy capital. the route west: 1. the first emigrants to oregon came by ship before the trail was established. 2. ships continued to to travel to oregon even after the overland migrations began, but they were not popular among the pioneers. 3. the fare for a sea journey to oregon was quite expensive--few pioneer families could afford it. i don't know the other three i'm sorry.

the dust bowl, otherwise known as the dirty thirties, was a huge dust storm that killed multiple (and i mean  multiple) farmer's crops, leaving them homeless, and foodless, and jobless. in california, there were 5.7 million residents, and the population shrank as mexicans were repatriated. however, when the dustbowl happened, a lot of people began to move to california. by 1940, 250,000 people had arrived. therefore, your answer would be  the population increased, massively.  i hope this !

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