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Interest Groups Advantages

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I would encourage them to create an interest group. An interest group would gain more support than if they were a political party. Interest groups influence society directly while political parties seek financial backing from elitists. It would be difficult to obtain enough support with only a single issue as their focus. As an interest group, it would gain stronger public backing from various individuals. Those individuals would already have major party affiliation that could provide the financial support needed. In addition, they can use strategies like issue campaigning to increase public interest or Astroturf lobbying to simulate public support. Unlike a new political party, a special interest group would be able to lobby directly
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