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machine politics| Organization of a local political party to ensure its own election by influencing the electorate, and then to retain power through control of key committees and offices. The idea of machine politics was epitomized in the USA in the late 19th century, where it was used to control individual cities, most notably New York and Chicago, where the Democrat political machine, controlled by the Daley family, remained powerful until the 1970s. |
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| The evolution of big city machine politics and Congressman Tom Delay's effort to launder money for campaign in Texas are used to discuss electoral behavior, the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the response of the Federal Emergency Management Administration to Hurricane Katrina are used to illustrate questions of official honesty and competence, and the My Lai massacre and the Abu Ghraib prison scandal are examined in reference to international law and rules of engagement in Warfare. In many of the city's poorer wards, the recipients look forward to these bonuses from Democratic officials - a hangover from the days of the party's old-fashioned machine politics - even though the amounts are relatively small, ranging from $50 to $400. Democratic consultant Scott Levenson, who has won his share of races in that borough, told me last night,
“It’s not just machine politics in Brooklyn. |
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