Question

Two citizens are arguing over the role and influence of the many organized interest groups that try to impact public policy. The first citizen suggests that interest groups should be banned from engaging Congress members and other policymakers. The second suggests that since there are so many groups looking to impact policy from so many different perspectives, these competing groups will bring about only policies acceptable to a consensus of the citizenry. The second citizen believes in which type of political theory

Answer 1

Pluralist Theory is a theory which states that a mass of groups can bring change or impact policies of the USA, instead of only one party or group. The second citizen is saying exactly that, he claims that many different perspectives of competing groups will bring about only policies acceptable to a consensus of the citizenry. So, we can conclude from his beliefs that the second citizen believes in the political theory of Pluralist Theory.