Interest Groups the Primary Differences Between Economic

Interest Groups

The primary differences between economic and citizen groups exist due to their behavior, outcomes and spending. Economic groups are prevalent to spend in order for maintaining and preserving their status quo. On the other hand promoting change is a primary purpose for spending in case of citizen groups. In cases of economic groups, only few resources and devoted towards supporting initiatives and these have a low success rates in terms of promoting their support. Citizen groups on the other hand are considered to pass almost 60% of the primary initiatives they tend to support. The percent ratio for economic groups is only 22%. The initiatives of economic as well as citizen groups are both moderately considered as successful in terms of defeating the initiatives. Even though there are vast monitory resources, economic interests are severely limited in their ability towards passing new and influential laws with the help of their initiative process.

Partisan press refers to the press being biased towards one party. For example the Houston Chronicle and the Federal and Liberal press are examples of Partisan press.

Yellow journalism also focuses on a party but is not biased to any one of them. Two examples are the New York Chronicle and The Samajvadi Times in India. 2010 was a high stimulus election in the U.S.A. As it was greatly impacted by the event of global financial crisis and the recession in America. As the elections immediately followed these events, the decisions taken during this event and the several opinions formed by the people formed a great influence to their decisions and choices in the Presidential elections. The campaigning used as well was focused on these aspects. This is a form of yellow journalism and is also similar to Partisan Press. The media plays an extremely important aspect in providing opportunities and limitations to the candidates of the presidential leadership. Media is an extremely important part of the society. It is the medium through which the people know about what is happening around them. Newspapers and news channels are the most important form of media that is recognized by people as reliable. The news and information given in these sources are believed by the people to be true and the information is wide spread due to large circulation and viewership. As the media can greatly impact the decision process of the people it becomes an advantage. Yet, it can also lead to rumors and irresponsible statements that can tarnish the image of candidates.