What distinguishes a political party from that of a pressure group?

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Political parties are elected bodies and pressure groups are not

Pressure groups are supported by terrorist organizations.

Pressure groups represent the public opinion

Political parties are non-answerable to the people

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Political parties are elected bodies, and pressure groups are not; it distinguishes a political party from a pressure group.
When it comes to representing the ordinary people's view before the government, a politician plays that role by following a long process of forming a political party, fighting an election, directly getting involved in competitive politics to win the election and finally representing the public opinion that they represent, before the government. At the same time, a pressure group is an organisation formed by people that may have common interests or professions or represent a certain section of society that needs a change in policy made by the government to make it beneficial or more suited to their population or group. They are non-elected bodies taking part in politics by following a method of mass movements or by protests involving large masses.

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