What Factors Lead to Pressure Groups Succeeding or Failing?
… Conservative government is unlikely to be sympathetic to that pressure group. So some pressure groups will expect better treatment from one party than another and success or failure will therefore depending on the government in power at the time. Finance is a crucial factor leading to a pressure group being successful, since running effective campaigns can be very expensive, so wealthy supporters provides an obvious advantage. Also small pressure groups with large finances can use funds to finance political parties and so receive sympathetic treatment and gain rewards. For example, the governments refusal to ban all advertising on cigarettes, and the lack of action taken by them to break the brewers’ virtual monopoly over public houses. A more financed group can employ more people, therefore employees have the time and expertise to ensure that campaigns are organised in a professional manner, however linking this back to size, it does not …
