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Armenian lobby in the United States
The Armenian American lobby is the coalition of groups and individuals who influence United States foreign policy in support of Armenia and its policies. Zbigniew Brzezinski ranks the three most effective ethnic lobbies in the United States as the Israeli American Lobby, the Greek American lobby and the Armenian American lobby.〔Brzezinski, Zbigniew. "A Dangerous Exemption." ''Foreign Policy'' 1 July 2006: 63.〕
== Strength ==
The Armenian lobby is almost exclusively formed by domestic organizations such as the Armenian National Committee of America and the Armenian Assembly of America, leaving the Armenian Government largely out of the lobbying process. The two organizations have similar lobbying goals, mostly revolving around improving U.S. relations with Armenia in terms of aid, blocking aid to Turkey and Azerbaijan, as well as their ultimate goal of Armenian Genocide recognition. However, the two groups provide different approaches to promoting the Armenian cause. The ANCA focuses mostly on grassroots initiatives to mobilize a highly concentrated Armenian electorate. On the other hand, the AAA focuses on retaining large donations from influential Armenians in America.〔Bakalian, Anny P. Armenian-Americans: From Being to Feeling Armenian. New Brunswick (U.S.A.): Transaction, 1993. Print.〕 The AAA draws upon the AIPAC model, which is very much centered on influencing foreign policy. The competition between these two groups creates a “hyper-mobilization” of resources in the Armenian community, because the two organizations also have similar goals. 〔Gregg, Heather. "Divided They Conquer: The Success of Armenian Ethnic Lobbies in the United States" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 ()〕
The strength of the Armenian lobby can be derived from its concentration in a few congressional districts, such as California's 28th congressional district. 〔Doherty 1996b; Wallsten 2000; Walt 2005〕 In the 2000 census, one-third of the Armenian-American community lived in just 5 districts of the 106th Congress. Half of all Armenian-Americans lived in just 20 congressional district. This high population concentration allows the Armenian-Community to greatly sway votes, especially in a time of low voter turn out. One case study of this is when Democrat challenger and current Congressman Adam Schiff won against Republican incumbent Jim Rogan. Schiff effectively captured much of the Armenian vote, and now current champions Armenian issues in Congress. The Armenian community can also draw on its power of partial assimilation -- it is not too assimilated like ethnic groups such as German Americans but it has had a presence in the U.S. since the early 1900s
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