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September 21, 2025American Politics Research

Interest Groups and Legislative Ideology: Who Influences Whom?

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THThomas T. HolyokeCalifornia State University System

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Analysis shows legislative party ideology affects interest group numbers, implying legislative influence over group dynamics.

Key Points

  • Legislative parties influence the size and composition of interest groups in a state, not the reverse.
  • Liberal legislatures particularly drive the count of groups, indicating a nonlinear relationship with ideology.
  • The ideological position of legislative majority parties modifies the dynamics between advocacy groups and business associations.
  • Data indicate that while group populations don't affect legislative ideology, legislative ideology does affect group numbers.

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Thomas T. Holyoke (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d46cbf31b076d99fa6897ahttps://doi.org/10.1177/1532673x251382574
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