Government Of The Country And Its People

To govern is to rule. A government may be as simple as a tribal council that meets occasionally to advise the chief or as complex as the vast establishments with their procedures, laws and bureaucracies found in many large countries today. There have been thousands upon thousands of governances, however the difficulty comes with keeping an everlasting one, one with liberty, equality and democracy. Creating a flowing government comes with a vast number of groups and associations. A political party is group of voters organized to support certain public policies. The aim of political party is to elect officials who will try to carry out the party policies.

A political party offers candidates for public office. Today in the united states of America we have two primary political parties that are run in the modern political system. Republican and democratic parties. The Republican party mainly believes in opposing higher tax rates for higher earners, which they believe are unfairly target at those who create jobs and wealth. They believe private spending is more efficient than government spending. Republicans believe individuals should take responsibility for their own circumstances. As where Democrats strongly believe in equality in all fronts. Democrats believe in equal opportunity despite race, religion, gender, or sextual orientation.

Although the parties may differ significantly, the main premise of governance remains the same. The functions of political parties are important task in government, they bring groups of people together in order to achieve control of the government, develop policies according to their interest or the groups that support them, and organize and persuade voters to elect their candidates to office. Political parties and interest groups are vastly alike yet vary differently. While political parties are striving toward winning a group of voters, interest groups articulate in beliefs, and more specialized groups.

Interest group are more concerned with a collection of people with shared goal of influencing public policy, they do not run their own candidates for office, and they typically seek more specific policy goals than parties. As where political parties are more interested in governing and ruling a population. In order for interest groups to influence public policy, organization of people with policy goals who work within the political process to promote such goals. By far the most common electoral strategy employed by interest groups is that of financial support to political parties or specific candidates running for office. However if you ask me, that’s just outright bribery. Organized interest hire representative to advocate on behalf of the groups interests. Lobby activities include contacting members of Congress and the executive branch to disseminate information about the positive or adverse effects of proposed legislation.

Engaging in Election activities may help people who support their issues elected or reelected. Electioneering techniques include giving money to candidates endorsing candidates or issues and conducting grassroots activities such as get out the vote drives. In addition, Educating various publics. Interest groups work hard to educate the public at large, government official’s their own members and potential interest group members. The number of interest group goes on and on, this can bounce from business and trade organizations. One of the most common interest groups is the National Rifle Association, an active membership that claims to have 5 million members and according to businessinsider.com, in 2010 it boasted revenues of almost 228 million.

The NRAs membership and financial health give it enormous clout both in influencing the public and politicians. The group was founded in 1871 as a recreational group designed to “promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientist basis” However the NRA’s path into political lobbying began in 1934 when it began mailing members with information about upcoming firearm bills. In 1975, it began attempting to influence policy directly via newly formed lobbying, arm the institute for legislative action. In 1977 it formed its own political action committee to channel funds to legislator. The NRA is now among the most powerful special interest lobby groups in the US with substantial budget to influence members of congress on gun policy. It is run by executive vice president Wayne Lapierre.

Netroots was coined in 2002 by Jerome Armstrong to describe political activism organized through blogs and other online media including wikis and social network services. Today more than ever, many individuals are taking the internet by storm and using the plat form for political activist and campaigners who communicate their message via internet. Some with blogs on social media alike. Netroots may have its pros, but it also comes with its cons. The concept of reaching an audience through the media is great, but when what if that isn’t enough? A key structure