Interest groups have multiple goals in election campaigns, including electing candidates who support their policy positions, raising awareness of their issues among voters, and mobilizing their members to vote.

While interest groups may endorse candidates and work to get them elected, they typically do not run their own candidates for office.

Campaign finance refers to the money and other resources that are used to support candidates and political parties in election campaigns.

Trade associations are formed by businesses or corporations in the same industry to promote their common economic interests.

An interest group is a group of individuals who share a common interest and organize to influence public policy.

Government agencies are not interest groups because they are part of the government, not private organizations.

Super PACs are groups of individuals who donate large sums of money to political campaigns, but they are not subject to the same contribution limits as traditional PACs.

While interest groups may endorse candidates and work to get them elected, they typically do not run their own candidates for office.

Advocacy groups are groups of individuals who organize to promote a particular cause or issue.

While interest groups may organize protests and rallies to raise awareness of their issues, this is not a common tactic used to lobby elected officials.

Grassroots organizations are groups of individuals who donate small sums of money to political campaigns.

While interest groups may endorse candidates and work to get them elected, they typically do not run their own candidates for office.

Professional associations are groups of individuals who organize to promote the interests of a particular profession.

While interest groups may endorse candidates and work to get them elected, they typically do not run their own candidates for office.

Political action committees (PACs) are groups of individuals who donate money to political campaigns in order to influence the outcome of an election.