Lobbying is
A) the process by which a person acquires a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about social issues.
B) communication with legislators or other government officials to try to influence their decisions.
C) a group who seeks to influence government by electing candidates to public office.
D) an attempt to influence the government solely through the courts.
E) an attempt to influence only state and city governments.
Question 2
A nineteenth-century writer who noted the tendency of Americans to form groups was
A) Robert A. Dahl.
B) C. Wright Mills.
C) Alexis de Tocqueville.
D) Richard H. Rovere.
E) Richard Wells.
