E6

Vocabulary:
Collective good- a benefit (i.e. lower taxes) that the general population, all potential members of an interest group, will receive from the work of the interest group.
Free-rider problem- an issue that occurs when people feel as though there is no incentive to participate in an interest group when they will reap the benefits no matter what (letting other people do all the work).
Selective benefits- benefits that the interest group can offer solely to members.

My interest group is Estrogen for Engineering
Its goal is to get women and men represented 50-50 in Engineering schools.
Universities and women throughout the country would be potential people who would benefit from this group.
Collectively, we will provide more education on the benefits of pursuing an Engineering degree and encourage women around the country to apply and also offer financial aid. So education and monetary gifts would be the collective goods.
Members who donate money will get a tax right off, and also members can also participate in an annual trip to CERN.
We will petition to politicians to address the issue locally and then hopefully get a law passed that requires STEM to be advertised to every student in America.
We will also raise money through benefits to sponsor our scholarships

E3

In Georgia's 12th District...
Lee Anderson (R) is challenging the incumbent John Barrow (D) for a seat in Congress. Anderson has had some trouble funding (source: macon.com) and has only reported 174,000 dollar in cash, whereas Barrow is raking in over one million. The key issue in this race, according to 41nbc.com, is gun rights. Anderson is attacking Barrow's more liberal view- and this strikes home with many southern constituents. Overall, however, everyone in the 12th district seems to agree that the mud-slinging in this race has been much too intense.

E2

I went to www.huffingtonpost.com and read an article titled "New Evidence Shows Poll Watching EffortsTarget Minority Precincts" Which concerns which groups of voters the GOP is focusing on. 

Here is an opinion
lending support to the argument that their real goal is to suppress the African-American and Latino vote.

Here is a fact (I think)
A partial list of precincts targeted by a Pittsburgh Tea Party group working on behalf of the Republican Party shows that nearly 80 percent of the voters in those precincts are African-American, compared to 13 percent countywide, according to civil rights and union groups who on Monday called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate.

There were no sources that I could see

This site seems to be incredibly liberal. Not only do they only have articles that attack Romney, but all of their advertising is for Obama. This infulences the American people greatly because a name like The Huffington Post sounds like a well-to-do newspaper and people might mistake it for neutral.