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How do pressure groups differ from political parties? Firstly both political parties and pressure groups try to influence the policy-making process. Political parties try to get into government they achieve this by winning elections. Pressure groups cannot get into government. They try and influence the party which is in control. Also, political parties focus on all major issues, unlike political parties, most pressure groups focus on just 1 key issue, an example of a pressure group that does this is called Green Peace. The most important difference is that parties seek to achieve power, either as the governing party or as part of a governing coalition. Pressure groups do not seek governmental power because they are not in government, they try to influence the parties on certain issues, and they try to make government policies better. Pressure groups will never be in power, the only way for a pressure group...

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