Hello--
I have the answer to your question.
There are many different ways interest groups lobby legislators to
vote on bills that are in favor of their interests. Below are six.
1. Maintaining direct contact with legislators. Many interest groups
hire individuals to meet with, dine with, shmooze with, and befriend
legislators. The theory is that continuous and repeated direct contact
will cause legislators to want to vote on their side.
2. Threaten withdrawal of support. If the interest group is strong
enough, the interest group can tell legislators that if they don't
vote in favor of their interest they'll withdrawal financial, campaign
and other support from the legislator.
3. Testifying in Congress. Some interest groups will send a
representative or a group of representatives from their organization
to talk before Congress to convince members to vote in favor of their
cause.
4. Running for office. Some interest groups will put one of their
representatives on the ballot to have direct control over issues. If
they win the campaign, the then elected official can vote in favor of
every interest for the group.
5. Protests and demonstrations. Interest groups use this tactic to
gain media coverage and to create a public scene for their cause.
Protests outside public officials offices certainly get heard.
6. Directly contributing to candidates' campaigns. Interest groups
with deep pockets can give money to the campaigns of the elected
officials who fight the most for their causes. This encourages these
officials to continue voting in favor of their interests.
You can read more about other techniques in Interest Groups Today. The
link is http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/pollklas/thesis/techniques.html
You can read about Gitelson Interest Groups. The link is
http://polscience.tripod.com/ca8igsg3.htm
To conduct this research, I used the following search terms: "interest
groups" lobby techniques
I hope this helps!
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