Interest group liberalism refers to
A) government freedom to favor some interest groups over others.
B) government?s excessive deference to interest groups.
C) the liberal political ideology of most interest groups.
D) the proliferation of the number of interest groups.
E) the strong tendency of interest groups to back the Democratic party and not the
Republican party and that keeps the Democratic party in power.
Ans: B) government?s excessive deference to interest groups.
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