Interest Group Strategies (cont ● Indirect Techniques Generating Public pressure - trying to influence the government by using public opinion on an Issue Using Constituents as Lobbyists shotgun approach means having large numbers of constituents act in concert by writing, emailing, phoning or sending postcards to a legislator rifle approach involves having an influential constituent contact a legislator on a particular issueInterest Group Strategies (cont.) • Indirect Techniques – Generating Public Pressure – trying to influence the government by using public opinion on an issue – Using Constituents as Lobbyists • shotgun approach means having large numbers of constituents act in concert by writing, emailing, phoning or sending postcards to a legislator • rifle approach involves having an influential constituent contact a legislator on a particular issue