Finally, a look should be taken at the fact that arguments and assumptions are made that American interest groups are not particularly powerful or successful. In many respects, such as the proportion of potential members they recruit, their degree of disunity, and the seriousness with which they are taken by politicians, American interest groups look somewhat less impressive than many of their European counterparts. Nonetheless, it is a widespread notion across the United States that interest groups are unusually powerful and critically important. It is difficult to assess or measure the power of interest groups or their ability to influence government policies to the advantage of their members, however it can be concluded that interest groups have successfully, and with great frequency, initiated policies over their opposition and has vetoed policies initiated by others. According to Robert Dahl’s study of New Haven, Who Govern’s? this above aforementioned is the ultimate test of a groups power and success.

Interest groups improve the representation of the political system by equal distribution of power within a society. After all there is little that interest groups can do to improve the representation of a political system if the groups themselves are grossly unequal in power, or organize only interests already unequal in power, or organize only interests that are already well represented in the political system (Goldstein, 22). The beginning of this issue takes place by making citizens aware that Interest groups can and will improve their quality of life as long as the individual makes a stance to testify their desires. Once this is accomplished, the power of interest groups will become equal to the power of the government, and perhaps, issues which need to be addressed, will then become debatable; thereby being a true democracy. Furthermore, when a proper democracy occurs, people will take greater interest in government sanctions and increase the confidence and trust in our nation’s leaders and political structure.

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