Political parties influence public policy because they - try to get their members elected whom they expect to vote along the party platform on issues - lobby the members of legislative committees to convince them to vote a certain way on bills - have considerable power in influencing judicial decisions on difficult civil and criminal trials - select who will serve as advisors to the members of the executive and legislative branches

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Explanation:

Political parties influence public policy because they

- try to get their members elected whom they expect to vote along the party platform on issues.

Politics is a game of mutual benefits and in order to have any influence on public policy ( bills) parties try to get maximum numbers of seats in their favors by trying to get their members elected whom they expect to vote along the party platform on issues.

you would times this by how many days there are in a year 365*400=$146000

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