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The difference between interest groups and political parties is that political parties _____________________________ while interest groups do not.

Which of the following is not an activity in which interest groups frequently engage?

An independent political action committee that may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, and individuals but is not permitted to contribute to or coordinate directly with parties or candidates is called ___________________________.

___________________ primaries are primaries where you do not have to be a registered party member to vote in a party’s primary.

A type of electoral system in which, to win a seat in the parliament or other representative body, a candidate need only receive the most votes in the election, not necessarily a majority of the votes cast is called a _________________________.

The Democratic Party tends to draw support from which of the following interest groups?

Candidates who run on their own rather than as nominees of political parties are referred to as ________________________.

Most interest groups tend to support one of the two major political parties.

Interest groups do which of the following?

To overcome the free-rider problem, groups