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 • 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
In his state, machine politics has replaced the illusory rectitude of old boy aristocrats, but Willie is neither an aristocrat nor a machine pol; he’s a solo act.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2020
But the development of party spirit and machine politics brought with it a great change.
From The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization by Orth, Samuel Peter
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