They try to persuade people to vote for the candidate that best represent their interests.
Interest groups pay lobbying groups who send lobbyists to meet Congress members and try to persuade them to agree with the Interest groups' positions.
They try to persuade people to vote for the candidate that best represent their interests.
Interest Groups often succeed in convincing people with good reasoning. They can also convince people with money.
There are many people in the world who will try to persuade you. Your parents and teachers will try this for example.
try to be nonpartisan
interest groups try not to alienate those who make public policy.
PAC's
Interest group try to influence political parties because leaders of interest groups know that political parties play a central role in selecting those people who make public policy decisions.
Interest groups do their best to attract other like-minded individuals that will help to fight for their cause. These people may spread the word to other people or may even donate money to the cause.
Due to how powerful interest groups have become, some people have indeed referred to them as the fourth branch of government, however, the term is more widely applied to the press. Interest groups spend billions of dollars to try to influence Congress.
One way the government tries to keep interest groups from forming bad public policy is by not letting government workers join interest groups.
Lobbying.