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What Is an Interest Group? Representation and Shared Characteristics

What is an interest group? Explain who special interest groups represent, the characteristics that unite them, and how they differ from parties.

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What are special interest groups? Who do they represent and what are some of the characteristics that can form a basis for such groups?

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This answer covers all three parts of short-answer question 1 in Canadian Democracy, ninth edition, chapter 12. Examples illustrate types of constituencies; they do not assert that every member of a demographic group shares an opinion or belongs to an organization. No current lobbying-law advice or organization membership statistics are implied.