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+Definition of an interest group: an organization of people sharing a common interest or goal that seeks to influence the making of public policy.
 * -D****escribe why your group fits the definition of an interest group:**

+**What kind of interest group is the KKK?** The True Knights of the KKK are a special interest group. A special interest group is a community with an interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or technology where members cooperate to effect or produce solutions. or ideological interest group. an ideological interest group is a that attracts members by appealing to their political convictions or principles.

-**How and why the KKK was created:** + Why: The Third KKK was formed to oppose the civil rights movement and to resist change. They were also formed for separation and purity of the white race. Its main purpose originally was to resist Reconstruction.

+How: Founded by veterans of the Confederate Army. The original KKK started in May 1866. The True Knights of the KKK began in 1946

**-Demographics of the KKK:** +Type of People: white, southern mainly, hates blacks/jews/gays/mixed, violence, religion. +They have no reason they hate them they hate them “just cause they breath” (from the history channel movie) +Qualifications to be a member: -18 yrs. or older -Native born white american, non jewish citizen -a believer of the Lord God the creator of all. NO OTHERS! -Accept Jesus Christ as the Son of God and their personal savior - Believe in the teachings of the Holy Bible - Must be of pure white lineage, no exceptions - must have a clean law abiding record - should be registered voter - believe in the US Constitution as it was originally written - Must believe in the preservation and advancement of the White Race - Patriotic to American Ideals - Believe that the White Race is the true chosen people of our Lord God and have dominion over all creatures of the Earth as God deemed it to be - must not date or be married to anyone from outside the white race. - Applicant must not believe in the mixing of the races - applicant must not have mixed race children, this includes adoption and step children - MUST NOT believe in Nazism or Any Form of Socialism the Ku Klux Klan is an American organization and we stand for American Ideals, not communism. We believe in the worship of one supreme being (God). It is a sin against Gods word to worship any man, woman or animal etc ... dead or alive - Applicants must under NO circumstance accept abuse alcohol! - The traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will not tolerate ANY form of narcotic drug use. we are drug free Christian organization and will not except anything less. - We will under NO circumstance accept anyone that is Homosexual, Bi-Sexual, Atheist, or are not of a same mind and soul.

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+**Why do people join the KKK:** People join for solidary incentives.

-**Identify and describe the functions of the interest group:**
 * **Basic Functions**: Try to change public policy, representation, education
 * **Lobbyist**: No lobbyists.
 * **Testifying, providing information, influence the press:** The KKK influences the press with violence and riots.
 * **How it carries out their function:** violence, protesting

**-Where does the KKK receive its funds?** -They receive their funding from Private Funding and Donations.

-**PAC's and PAC's the KKK is associated with:** +Definition: Political Action Committee, a committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidate +PAC’s: -1924 Democratic National Convention of New York - William McAdoo
 * the KKK was highly officiated with the Democratic Party and did not hide its ties
 * West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd

+**How the PAC’s utilize hard and soft money:**
 * They use the hard money as traditional contributions to campaigns. They can do what they want with it to support the person they are campaigning for.
 * They use soft money for nonpartisan things such as "voter registration drives" but of course they use it to register more voters for their party. The KKK is traditionally democratic because they supported the confederacy.

-**Explain how your interest group and related PACs were affected by the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law and any related Supreme Court decisions**
 * The McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law mainly limits the amount of donations by individuals and PACs and disallowed "soft money" that was not regulated.
 * It effects the KKK because any donations they recieve from individuals especially were now limited to 1000$ and had to be for a specific cause within the KKK

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