... pluralism contributes to representative democracy because people are denied influence between elections. Furthermore they add that manifesto promises are usually broken, with no repercussions on the government. Pressure groups like Greenpeace, put pressure on the government to not do this. Another good reason for pressure groups is people are denied influence between elections and even in elections a single vote doesn't have much of an affect on the outcome. In addition to this the one vote doesn't't represent the variation in intensity with which views are held for whether or not this is a pro-pluralist or anti-pluralist factor is subject to opinion. However one thing is for sure, four to five years is a long time for the electorate to not have a say in their government. New issues come up and popular opinion changes, having pressure groups allow the population to be heard more regularly - something which is surely ...

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