Instructor's Notes- Interest Groups

Interest groups now have a tremendous influence on our government and you will learn about this as you study this chapter in the text this week and go through the class activities online. The activities of these interest groups not only affect the manner in which our nation is governed via our government, they can actually affect each one of us as citizens living in this country. Here is an interesting article that you should read and think about as you consider the many ways that interest groups spend their funds to influence and affect the American public. The article is entitled: Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate?  (Links to an external site.)  By Bruce E Levine (Links to an external site.), AlterNet (Links to an external site.)  http://truth-out.org/news/item/12102-why-are-americans-so-easy-to-manipulate (Links to an external site.)