In many American states, the ballot initiative process allows issues to be placed directly before voters after enough valid signatures are gathered in petition drives. This type of direct democracy measure was first promoted by late nineteenth-century populists as a way of counteracting interest-group influence. Today, however, most initiative drives

In many American states, the ballot initiative process allows issues to be placed directly before voters after enough valid signatures are gathered in petition drives. This type of direct democracy measure was first promoted by late nineteenth-century populists as a way of counteracting interest-group influence. Today, however, most initiative drives

A political party is an organized group seeking to

Interest-group politics in the United States has a pronounced upper-class bias because

The seemingly eternal problem of “revolving-door politics,” which refers to the frequent rotation of elected officials and agency administrators and staff into lobbying jobs, is driven by

The fact that the Speaker of the House is selected by the majority party is most significant because

Organized protests as a strategy for winning support for a group’s policy positions

Interest-group politics in the United States has a pronounced upper-class bias because

Organized protests as a strategy for winning support for a group’s policy positions

The fact that the Speaker of the House is selected by the majority party is most significant because