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_____________ recruit candidates to run for local or regional offices, act as a spokesperson for local issues, manage the funds of the local party, and serve with precinct chairs on the county executive committee.

The idea that “competition keeps powerful interest groups in check and no single group dominates” is represented in

When agency bureaucrats and legislators leave their jobs to become lobbyists, or vice versa, it is referred to as

Private goods made available to people who organize for a collective good, are called _____________ benefits

Since 1991, the ______________________________ has served as the primary agency for regulating and enforcing laws related to interest group lobbying and campaign disclosure.

The rule that says “a winner take-all electoral system generally leads to a two-party system” is referred to as

Every two years, the party hosts _____________________ to decide how the party functions and to set the political agenda.

____________________ serve the interests of an industry, such as farmers, locksmiths, or realtors.

An unconstitutional tax that required those desiring to register to vote to pay a fee, was called a:

Independent expenditure committees that are legally permitted to raise and spend unlimited funds from individuals, corporations, unions, or other groups to advocate on behalf of their causes, but are not permitted to give to candidates directly, are