Author Question: Explain why grassroots lobbying mattered in the both the defeat of the Clinton health care plan and ... (Read 53 times)

Yolanda · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

Explain why grassroots lobbying mattered in the both the defeat of the Clinton health care plan and in the passage of the 2010 health care legislation.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A news outlet preferring Democratic candidates and giving them 10 percent more television coverage than Republican candidates is an example of __________.

Fill in the blanks with correct word

fur · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 9, 2018

Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1, Define grassroots lobbying as efforts to persuade citizens to contact their elected officials regarding an issue or piece of legislation.
2, Discuss how opponents of the Clinton health care plan used phone banks to mobilize opposition, and how the Democratic National Committee used a similar tactic to mobilize support in 2010.

Answer to Question 2

coverage bias