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Definition of Political machine
1. Noun. A group that controls the activities of a political party. "He was endorsed by the Democratic machine"
Definition of Political machine
1. Noun. (American English) A local political organization that controls a large number of personal votes and can therefore exert political influence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Political Machine
Literary usage of Political machine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Philosophy of Robert M. La Follette as Revealed in His by Robert Marion La Follette (1920)
"Ill political machine AND THE BOSSES Legitimate Organization and Machine Contrasted
IO enlist the interest of every individual, encourage research, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"As long as the circulation was confined within the bounds of the empire, it
impressed the political machine with a new degree of activity, ..."
3. The Arenaby Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1907)
"... in American Politics—The Blight of the political machine—True Conservatism
Denned—A Plea for Democracy—Edwin D. Mead's Plea for Direct-Legislation—Rev. ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"The party machine is the party organization, and when used for a wrong purpose
is generally classed as a corrupt political machine. ..."
5. Readings in American Government and Politics by Charles Austin Beard (1909)
"The Parts of a State political machine Before the first half of the nineteenth
century had elapsed, that necessity for party unity against the common enemy, ..."
6. Readings in American Government and Politics by Charles Austin Beard (1909)
"... the laws of our country, but they become the favor that we may enjoy from the
forbearance or favor of a bosi 53. The Parts of a State political machine ..."
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