machine politics

Cultural  

1. Politics associated with political machines.

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Example Sentences

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

Washington’s win dealt a stunning blow to Chicago’s machine politics.

From Slate

But corruption scandals and years of economic stagnation left many voters disappointed with machine politics and open to letting pragmatism rather than loyalty sway their choices.

From New York Times