Political parties seek to influence public affairs and government policy by nominating candidates for political office. Political parties run the campaigns, articulate policies, write the platform (what the party stands for), and coordinate policy making.
Political parties rely on donations and fundraisers for the campaign money needed to fund their activities.
Many interest groups and political parties form as a branch or a previous organisation, but members mainly join for a purpose or goal, a common belief, for solidarity and positive incentives.
Interest groups focus on a specific policy where as political parties have a wider spectrum on their political agenda.
1st Political parties are normally much bigger with exception to the AARP. 2nd the main function of a political party is to win election so they can control the government, interest groups do not offer candidates themselves. Interest groups aim to influence the officials who are elected. 3rd interest groups are usually narrower in their focus than political parties. Finally, many interest groups are extremely ideological whereas the two parties are not.
Interest groups are different from political parties in the sense that they are the ones paying the political parties to help them represent certain views or get certain bills passed in their favor.
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I believe that political parties and special interest groups formed mainly to group like-ideas together and give a voice to lesser known platforms.