What are the least democratic pressure groups and why?

What are the least democratic pressure groups and why?

Pressure groups are usually seen in a way in which they strongly promote democracy and pluralism. This is because pressure groups easily allow more people to participate in democracy, offering more ways to participate and be educated on politics. The existence of pressure groups therefore supports free-flowing ideologies, and that power is then shared amongst the groups. For example, pressure groups have the power to rally people together, the power to influence legislation and to raise millions of pounds.


However, some groups can easily resist these qualities, and can then be seen as undemocratic. This can be mainly identified in sectional pressure groups, as they aim to represent a group of people, and sometimes the group can be wrongly represented by the group.


In promotional groups, this may be seen by the leader changing the groups aim without the full support of the group, or taking action in a way which no one else agreed on.


Insider groups could hold too much influence over Government Ministers, which can be detrimental to those who wish to reduce the role of the state, and outsider groups usually take direct action, which can be illegal and undemocratic - for example, in the USA, pro-life campaigners have been known to send letter bombs to abortion clinics, and in the UK the animal liberation front have been known to promote illegal actions, such as removing animals from labs and farms and destroying facilities.

Lastly, the Animal Liberation Front can be seen as undemocratic, as they encourage illegal action.  hey have also been described as terrorists from critics.  This action can disrupt public services, just like the student protests did back in 2011. Therefore, strikes from trade unions can also be seen as undemocratic, as they can cause delays on public services, like the tube strikes and teacher strikes.