machine politics
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Comer cut his teeth in the bare-knuckled machine politics of Monroe County, Kentucky, and knew how to win allies, according to those who knew him.
From Seattle Times
He also cut his teeth in the bare-knuckled machine politics of Monroe County, Kentucky, and knew how to win allies, according to those who knew him.
From Seattle Times
But in recent years, his friendship with a local teacher and organizer has swayed him to be more open to discussing elections after years of being turned off by the city’s machine politics, which he regards as being corrupt and only benefiting certain people.
From Washington Post
He has instead operated in a world in which so much is based on machine politics and what Marie Brenner, the journalist, once described as New York’s “favor economy.”
From New York Times
It was how he perceived the world of machine politics that surrounded him in New York City as he was growing up.
From New York Times
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