How do individuals and groups of people influence the political process?

Well a group of people is really started by one Individual that feels a certain passion for anything really, and rally's up a group that wants to join in that passion or some people just join groups to just be in a group, but who am i to judge since really do like joining any kind of groups or rally's. But either way one single person can influence a political process even if they are by themselves because somewhere else is someone thinking something similar and would vote for that very same political view.... Why is politics never easy?

In what ways does public opinion influence the formation of a democratic society?

Wow, their is a lot of ways that can influence the formation of a democratic society, the biggest one being the public, i mean really everything is formed by the public and are really vocal about it. Hence the freedom of speech that was put in place by the founding fore fathers (because i am sure they were chalk full of ideas that needed to be spewed out on the table) and the way things were run back in the day. And since we are on that topic we are also able to vote on what we want or don't want, when many places in the world they don't have that capability or they do but are never heard and acknowledged. All in all the fact we are able to speak our mind and vote for that very same reason are a HUGE role in influencing the formation of a democratic society.

How do government and the private sector intersect? How should it?

My thinking is that both the government and private sectors are basically in cahoots, that’s how they make the money for most of the things that we are able to enjoy today. Like all the government funding for charities, Loans and research projects. Also if we didn’t have these two huge factors in our economy I think we would be way behind in the times. I mean at least right now we are keeping up in most of the technology. Like in our book it talks about the Railroad system and how most of the funding was either from government or more of the bigger companies, if I remember right chase bank was a huge factor back in the day and put lots of money back into the economy. So with that being said I think how the government and private sectors are being ran today is perfectly fine with me even if the intensions are to just make money for themselves but at least they contribute some times to notable causes.

Government, Economy, and Politics all have what in common?

When i look at all three of these they all have some sort of power. but also lots of money. Like the government it regulates lots of loan or all of the loans, and it regulates all the money that is put out into the United States. But that is not so bad because when all of us were in a tight spot usually the government helped out with money like the first time home buyer jazz its nice to have that extra cash in the pocket even if you did not use it or if you did. Also like GM they also got helped. And politics is all about the power hungry and money. I haven't seen anyone not want those things when getting into some sort of power position within the government or even with in work. But I guess there has to be that yin to the yang in our world.