... making better decisions. They will listen to the views of different people and can make a decision about what the general feeling is on the topic in question. These pressure groups will then present their argument to the government in a way that they think is suitable and which will get the message across of the people's feelings. An example of the channelling of communication between the people and the government would be the anti- war in Iraq protests. Although the government still decided to go through with invading Iraq at least they knew what a lot of people's feelings were about it, and so in the future a different decision may be made in similar circumstances because of the known feeling about this decision. Another positive effect is the groups allow for increased participation in politics by people who might otherwise be inactive on the political scene. Many people only ...

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