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Show Why Lobbyists Succeed Lobbyists undoubtedly exert great pressure upon legislators. They specialize in making minorities mountainous and in scaring susceptible sus-ceptible friends of the "people." The power of these pressure groups lies in the fact that so many citizens are not informed as to what goes on. Any seasoned politician can tell you that so apathetic are citizens generally that a concerted attack upon an officeholder by a small group means his defeat. The remedy for lobbying, and other oth-er forms of pressure upon legislators, is in greater popular attention to what these groups are attempting to secure for themselves. |