Forum 3.5 - The Rules of the Game

11/13/2017

Guiding Thought Question: In American Politics, special interests groups are able to raise money to support political candidates who share their beliefs and values. What do you think about the process of large groups and corporations being able to directly aid politicians? Explain your ideas.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to explain what interest groups are, and how they use lobbyists to achieve their political goals.

26 Comments

Anderson

11/12/2018 07:37:49 am

I do not like the idea that corporations have such a large influence on politics. Then politicians will represent corporations, not people. Government should be of the people, not the corporations.

Caitlin Copenhaver

11/12/2018 07:39:15 am

It's a tricky situation. I understand that they need money for their campaigns, but it seems kind of sketchy that the big corporations are funding it because then the politicians will have to adhere to that company's agenda and won't be able to represent the common people as well.

Figs Ju

11/12/2018 07:40:58 am

I believe that they should be able to support them and financially aid them. It is their money and they should be able to spend it how they like, and if they're raising money to support their candidates the people who donate their money also support the candidate and they can also spend their money as they please.

Maxwell Lambert

11/12/2018 12:24:18 pm

I think that it makes sense they want whats best for them so they should be able to support people who represent their beliefs. Especially if it is fair and both sides of an issue can receive help.

bestest student nelson

11/12/2018 12:25:47 pm

I think that that is not fair because that encourages mob mentality. members of the company who do not support the politician that the company supports will feel unhappy and like their voice does not matter.

olivia baker

11/12/2018 12:26:03 pm

I feel like they should be involved in some aspects but not all so it doesnt take the focus away from the people and the government still focuses on important things

Stock

11/12/2018 12:26:04 pm

They should be able to support the candidates that have the same interests as them. But if they give them money so they vote a certain way.

Abby

11/12/2018 12:26:04 pm

I think that companies should be allowed to support candidates that they support, but that doesn't make it fair.

blake

11/12/2018 12:26:11 pm

i don't like the fact that big corporation could have such a big affect on influencing a population.

rip in the chat (blue)

11/12/2018 12:26:12 pm

What I think about the process of large groups and corporations being able to directly aid politicians is that its a smart move. Although probably not fair, it is pretty smart. Piggy backing off those big corporations or groups can get you fame, money and more attention which will help different candidates. It's probably not super fair since the corporations can take attention away from smaller unknown candidates who could possibly be better than the more "famous" candidates.

Sydney

11/12/2018 12:29:36 pm

I think that in some cases it can be good if the corporation is not excepting anything in return. But if the corporation is swaying the way a congressperson votes that is not okay because they should be representing the people.

Parks

11/12/2018 12:55:47 pm

It's not fair but it shouldn't necessarily be restricted. Politicians get a lot of their funding from large corporations.

Deija

11/12/2018 12:57:41 pm

I think they should be able to spend their money how they want but it's kinda not fair that big corporations are funding them.

Wleft

11/12/2018 01:20:59 pm

I think that companies should spend their money the way that that want as long as its a companies mutual decision and majority agrees that's the way they want the money to go. I also think that a maximum donation amount should be allowed

cole hays

11/13/2018 08:59:29 am

groups being able to raise money for their specific party is fair because each party has those donors to help them and it also brings people together in a way.

Ka Zin

11/13/2018 09:01:45 am

I think that they should be able to financially aid them because it’s their money and what they do with their money has nothing to do with us. Also they are supporting a politician so I think it’s for a good cause.

Ferro

11/13/2018 09:06:34 am

I think companies being able to raise money for their favored political party is fair.

Daniel Opperman

11/13/2018 09:09:02 am

I believe that it is a dangerous game because the corporations can sway the president to make decisions that would would benefit the corporation instead of the people. While I also think that these canidates need money they need to be careful from going onto that slippery slope.

Eleanor Dunning

11/13/2018 09:09:48 am

It's alright for corporations to support politicians because how else would they get their money?

Scarred Nyx

11/13/2018 09:10:54 am

The fact that large companies have such a big part of politics, is honestly a little unnerving to me. Companies such as oil companies and other companies with negative environmental impacts support candidates and keep their products relevant, even though their products harm the environment

Erica G.

11/13/2018 09:11:16 am

I don't believe that that is fair. Large corporations have only the health of the company and their own ideals in mind, so by them being allowed to influence the political system is highly unfair.

delaney r

11/13/2018 09:12:01 am

I don't think large groups should be able to financially support politicians. Not only could that give an unfair advantage to politicians, but it could also hurt the large corporations. If they publicly aid certain politicians, they could potentially lose business from people who don't have the same ideas as them.

Tyrece Griggs

11/13/2018 09:12:45 am

If big coroporations are funding them then they will not be able to spend the money how they want.

Talia Butler

11/13/2018 09:13:32 am

Large corporations helping politics is great that they have support because it’ll give them more of an advantage over the others

Lynd9n

11/13/2018 09:14:30 am

I feel as if they should because if you want someone to win you do your best to make them win

Anderson

4/3/2019 07:39:57 am

I think that there should be a limit on how much special interest groups can give candidates. It's unfair that those in power continue to stay in power at the harm of others

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