Two groups are attempting to influence policy. One group represents the interests of a major shipping
company. The other group represents the workers responsible for shipping the product.
A critic of the influence of interest groups would make which of the following claims?
Choose 1 answer.
The shipping company group can use their vast resources to politically and economically
influence politicians, although the second group may represent more people.
The interest groups can sway politicians to their side through a multitude of means, including
providing policy research, going public, and using the court system.
The interest groups will rely on using public opinion data to sway politicians to their side of the
issue or the politicians will face losing reelection when their terms end.
The workers' group will face the free-rider problem if they can get any solutions to their
problems because the government cannot provide benefits to workers only involved in the
group.