1. Interest Groups - Abortion
Liberal Groups
EMILY’s List (Early Money Is Like Yeast)
Planned Parenthood
Conservative Groups
National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL)
National Right to Life

2. Interest Groups – Education
Liberal Groups
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
National Education Association (NEA)
Conservative Groups
Center for Education Reform
Educational Excellence Network

3. Interest Groups – Environment
Pro
Sierra Club
National Wildlife Federation (NWF)
Greenpeace
Environmental Defense Fund
Con
National Forestry Association
Alliance for America
Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise

4. Interest Groups – Gay Rights
Pro
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Log Cabin Republicans
Human Rights Campaign
Con
American Family Association
Focus on the Family
Family Research Council

5. Interest Groups – Gun Control
Pro
Violence Policy Center
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV)
Brady Campaign
Con
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Gun Owners of America (GOA)
National Rifle Association (NRA)

6. Interest Groups – Health Care
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Public Health Association (APHA)
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

7. Interest Groups – Immigration
Liberal
National Immigration Forum
Urban Institute
Conservative
Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)

8. Interest Groups – Union
Pro
AFL-CIO
Industrial Workers of the World
Con
Heritage Foundation
National Right to Work
US Chamber of Commerce

9. Interest Groups – Social Security
Pro
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Con
Cato Institute

10. Interest Groups – Civil Rights
National Organization for Women (NOW)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Anti-Defamation League
American Civil Liberties Union
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
American Indian Movement (AIM)

11. Types of Interest Groups
Why Lobbyists Exist
Cleavages in American Society
Multiple points of access
Political Parties are weak
Types of Interest Groups
Institutional (or Sectional)
Represent business
Membership (or Single Issue)
Represent people directly

12. Institutional Organizations
Any sector of the American economy that needs “protection” from other groups (external and internal)
Coalition of groups who have same goal (even if they are competitors of each other)
Examples:
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Car Lobby
Tobacco Lobby

13. Membership Organizations
Intent to make a person’s voice louder, so the government can hear it (generally members are “hardcore” believers of cause)
Often have “sympathetic” support from community
Examples:
NAACP
Sierra Club
PTA

14. Why do people join? Incentives Solidary (social benefit)
Local groups exist to help National Organization do the “heavy lifting”
Material (economic benefit)
Attracts people to an organization to increase clout (in numbers and money)
Purposive (ideological benefit)
Social Movements (often helps non-members)
Environment, Civil Rights, Feminism, Unions

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