Describe how members of congress are influenced by outside forces and how members of congress in turn influence these forces

1. Members of Congress receive their information about complex members from lobbying groups, who work to inform the members of Congress on their stated issues. Being as information can have a bias, this is a way that Congresspeople are influenced by outside groups.

2. Congresspeople are very prominent figures, so they are able to lead groups as figureheads and influence through their leadership roles.

conservative stance on most social issues

highly popular successful presidential candidate Ronald Reagan

famous first president, Abraham Lincoln

Explanation:

-conservative stance on most social issues

In regards to their stance on social issues, modern day centuries tend to be aligned with the teaching of the bible. For example, they tend opposed the legalization of abortion and same sex marriage.

-famous first president, Abraham Lincoln

In the past, The republicans was the party where Abraham Lincoln choose to run from in order to achieve his goal to abolish slavery (this was an extremely progressive stance at that time).

- highly popular successful presidential candidate Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan was widely popular even among the Democrat voters. He know how to communicate to the public extremely well, imposed policies that increase the average disposable income for the people, and put an end to the cold war with the Soviet Union.