If this is your first visit, warm up on All Politics , the White House and House of Representatives . If your course uses a different textbook go to the combined home page for American National Government. Link to Dr. Jack Kevorkian or to Thomas Hobbes , the philosopher. The Cato Institute , American Conservative Union and the National Taxpayers Union are conservative. Take the Idealog quiz .
Pluralism refers to the thousands of interest groups that participate in politics.
For examples, check below in 10 or link to the section on interest groups on the combined American government page. The Constitution incorporates many ideas from the English philosopher John Locke . A young Virginian and future president, James Madison , is called its Father. He argued for its adoption in New York, writing a newspaper article referred to now as Federalist No. 10 . It favors pluralism.