What are the functions of political parties and interest groups?

Political parties can lose potential voters if an interest group has similar ideas as the political parties. ex: if an interest group has the same principles as the republican party, then during the...

They each have different opinions on how things should be run and what they think the top priority should be.

That both advocate specific issues on behalf of constituencies which lend them their support.

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The first way is making nominations. Political parties make nominations while interest groups support nominations. Second is the primary focus. Political parties have many different focuses while...