Question

Interest groups are also known as _____.

1. pressure groups

2. ethnic groups

3. cultural groups

4. religious groups

Answer 1

They are also known as answer 1, pressure groups.

Answer 2

Interest groups are also known as (1.) pressure groups.

An interest group or a pressure group is an association of individuals that pursues a main aim: influencing public policy, that is to say government policy, in order to be benefited by it. All interest groups have their causes and they mainly resort to lobbying to achieve their goals. Lobbying is a method that consists in putting pressure on legislators in the lobby outside the legislative chamber in order to influence their votes.