Author Question: What is the difference between grassroots/outside lobbying and lobbying members of Congress ... (Read 78 times)

audragclark · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

What is the difference between grassroots/outside lobbying and lobbying members of Congress directly?

a. Only multi-issue interest groups attempt to lobby members of Congress directly.
b. Grassroots/outside lobbying is a technique that places pressure on elected officials using group members and/or general public opinion.
c. Grassroots lobbying faces key barriers, but direct lobbying does not.
d. These two types of lobbying are essentially the same thing.

Question 2

An interest group holding a demonstration outside the White House is an example of __________.

a. multi-issue interest groups
b. the free-rider problem
c. grassroots or outside lobbying
d. think tanks