Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are functions that parties perform and interest groups do not?
Hints
- Three are distinctive to parties; one is what both do.
- Influencing policy is precisely what interest groups exist for.
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- A. Recruiting and selecting candidates for office
- B. Organising government and opposition after an election
- D. Supplying voters with a label of known meaning
Why
The fourth is shared, and it is the reason the boundary is sometimes blurred. What distinguishes a party is that it seeks to hold office under a common label rather than to influence whoever does, which is why a group that starts running candidates has become a party whatever it calls itself.
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