POLS 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pocket Veto, Cloture, Term Of Office

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1101
• Professor: Bankert

Document Summary

Interest groups organization that tries to influence government"s programs and policies. Interest groups should be free to compete for governmental influence. Some benefits of a group"s success are available to all. Collective goods present some problems for groups. Selective benefits are available to group members only. How interest groups try to influence the government. An attempt by a group to influence the policy process through the persuasion of public officials. Apportionment and redistricting are done every 0 years. Apportionment a process occurring after every decennial census that allocates congressional seats among the 50 states. Redistricting a process of redrawing election districts to reflect shifts in population. The court ruled race could not be predominant factor in creating electoral districts. When a president vetoes a bill, the bill is sent back to congress and requires a vote in both houses to be overridden. Ballot initiative originates in the electorate.