0 to try to persuade a politician, the government, or an official group that a particular thing should or should not happen, or that a law should be changed: --
[ + obj + to infinitive ] They have been lobbying Congress to change the legislation concerning guns.
[ + to infinitive ] Local residents lobbied to have the factory shut down.
Small businesses have lobbied hard for/against changes in the tax laws.
1 a group of people who try to persuade the government or an official group to do something: --
the anti-smoking lobby
2 the (large) room into which the main entrance door opens in a hotel or other large building --
3 a large, open space just inside the main entrance of a public building such as a hotel, office building, or theater: --
4 a group of people who represent a particular industry or interest in dealing with a politician, official, etc.: --
the environmental lobby
5 to try to persuade an elected official to take a particular action or change a law: --
[ T ] Council members have been lobbying colleagues on how to vote.
Both the hard-line authoritarian faction and pro-business affairists lobbied for different reasons to close down the journal.
Of course, this is only an initial investigation, analyzing lobbying success of only 149 advocates on 47 issues.
They can engage in lobbying themselves and/or form part of a trade association that undertakes the lobbying effort for them.
Measuring lobbying success however and analyzing its determinants can provide us with a better understanding of one aspect of the influence process.
Devising a study with a starting point ten years ago would add to our understanding of lobbying influence.
The third section presents the empirical analysis relating institutional, issue and interest group factors to lobbying success.
We will come to understand what factors on average lead to lobbying success, and which tend toward failure.
The characteristics of the advocate itself can also play a role in their chances of lobbying success.
