Protecting freedoms, promoting public interest in important causes, and bringing awareness to important issues are all positive contributions of a. interest groups b. political action committees c. nongovernmenal agencies d. political parties

D. political parties

Explanation:

A political party is an organized, legally formed group that seeks to influence or occupy political power. Each political party has its own thinking about how the country should be governed.

Political parties are responsible for launching candidates for elective positions so that they can protect freedoms, promote the public interest in important causes, and raise awareness of important issues.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”