machine politics
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During the Progressive Era, when party machine politics dominated, judicial elections were put forward as a reform to promote democratic accountability because they broke up concentrations of power and redistributed it to the people.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
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
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 ● Mar. 29, 2023
Jealous was, of course, not a blameless casualty of strategic machine politics.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2022
Of this class were the professional politicians, whose wisdom and power consisted of manipulating machine politics and of grafting.
From Revolution, and Other Essays by London, Jack
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