Describe the various kinds of minor parties and what their focus ...

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Describe the various kinds of minor parties and what their focus has been. Provide examples.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What types of organizations engage in grassroots/outside lobbying, and why do they do so? Why is grassroots lobbying effective?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1, Define protest parties as those that sometimes arise as part of a social movement; an example is the Green Party, which was an offshoot of the environmental and antiglobalization movements.
2, Explain that ideological parties are organized around coherent sets of ideas; examples are the Libertarian Party and the Green Party.
3, Discuss how single-issue parties are very similar to advocacy groups except that they run candidates for office; an example is Ross Perot's Reform Party in 1996.
4, Identify splinter parties as those that form when a faction in one of the two major parties decides to run its own candidates; an example is the Bull Moose Progressive Party of Teddy Roosevelt that formed after Roosevelt split from the Republican Party in 1912.

Answer to Question 2

An ideal response will:
1, Note that all kinds of organizations use this tactic, though public interest groups engage in grassroots lobbying more often.
2, Provide a logical reason to explain why a group might use this tactic, such as when a group is working on a particularly pressing issue or is unable to gain direct access to lawmakers.
3, Explain that grassroots lobbying places pressure on elected officials via public opinion, and elected officials are known to respond to public opinion.