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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > political theory and democratic elections > machine politics and political bosses
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > corruption in American campaigns and elections > machine politics and political bosses

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machine politics and political bosses  

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  • THE ERA OF boss rule, when powerful men could sway voters one way or the other through their control of a political machine, has largely come to an end. But this does not mean that machine politics, understood as using control of government to provide favors in exchange for political support, is disappearing. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Machine Politics and Political Bosses]

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