machine politics
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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 ● Dec. 13, 2023
Washington’s win dealt a stunning blow to Chicago’s machine politics.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2023
Jealous was, of course, not a blameless casualty of strategic machine politics.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022
Political experts have many theories about why New York is such a difficult environment for women running for office, from overt sexism to machine politics and the challenges of raising large amounts of money.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2021
Van Buren was the first product of what are now called "machine politics" that was put into the presidential chair.
From Thomas Hart Benton by Roosevelt, Theodore
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