Lead to the tyranny of the minority

Pressure groups, by their very nature, represent minorities rather than majorities. For pluralists, of course, this is one of their strengths. Pressure groups help to prevent a ‘tyranny of the majority’ that is, perhaps, one of the inevitable features of electoral democracy. However, pressure groups may create the opposite problem. Minority views or ‘special’ interests may prevail at the expense of the interests of the majority or the larger public.