FRQ Prompt 10

In politics, there are two main players: the interest groups and the political parties. Each are important and hold fairly equal sway in the process of policymaking. While both juggernauts battle it out in the political arena, it is obvious that their fundamental goals rarely align.
Interest groups generally focus on a specific policy or area, whether in support of or against. Their goal is to use the public and their resources to push for policies that favor them through tactics such as lobbying and litigation. Political parties, on the other hand, want to control the government. Parties achieve this by electing people to offices that allow them to control the policy agenda.
Interest groups can sometimes help political parties while moving toward their own goals. As a way to try to influence and promote policy, interest groups can contribute money to PACs. If a certain party or candidate supports a policy, the interest group can support that party of candidate to help push for, or against, policies. By contributing to a campaign, they can also influence future decisions that the candidate makes about unrelated topics. The access and influence to policy makers is integral to interest groups' goals.They can also be a large source of information for parties, information that they parties can use to gain control of the electoral system.