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373:. Machine workers helped win elections by turning out large numbers of voters on election day. It was in the machine's interests to only maintain a minimally winning amount of support. Once they were in the majority and could count on a win, there was less need to recruit new members, as this only meant a thinner spread of the patronage rewards to be spread among the party members. As such, later-arriving immigrants, such as Jews, Italians, and other immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe between the 1880s and 1910s, saw fewer rewards from the machine system than the well-established Irish. At the same time, the machines' staunchest opponents were members of the middle class, who were shocked at the malfeasance and did not need the financial help. 164:, "behind-the-scenes" control, and longstanding political ties within the structure of a representative democracy. Machines typically are organized on a permanent basis instead of a single election or event. The term "machine" usually is used by its reform-minded enemies in a pejorative sense. The terms "machine" and "boss" in the 19th century were negative epithets used by their reform-minded opponents. However in the 20th century these became standard terms for scholars and analysts who sometimes emphasized their positive contributions. 99: 45: 508:(literally snack-money) funds to help subordinates win elections. For the annual end-year gift in 1989, LDP Party Headquarters gave $ 200,000 to every member of the Diet. Supporters collect benefits such as money payments distributed by politicians to voters in weddings, funerals, New year parties among other events, and ignore their patrons' wrongdoings in exchange. Political ties are held together by marriages between the families of elite politicians. 580: 428:. Those agencies were, for the most part, abolished in 1943, and the machines suddenly lost much of their patronage. The formerly poor immigrants who had benefited under Farley's national machine had become assimilated and prosperous, and no longer needed the informal or extralegal aides provided by machines. In the 1940s most of the big city machines collapsed, with the exception of Chicago. 446:, in the post–Cold War era under Prosecutor Bill Mason's "Good Old Boys" and especially communities in the Deep South, where small-town machine politics are relatively common, also feature what might be classified as political machines, although these organizations do not have the power and influence of the larger boss networks listed in this article. For example, the " 201:
Democratic leader who ran the borough from 1922 until his death in 1953, Safire wrote "the so-called 'independent' voter is foolish to assume that a political machine is run solely on good will, or patronage. For it is not only a machine; it is an army. And in any organization as in any army, there
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An army led by a council seldom conquers: It must have a commander-in-chief, who settles disputes, decides in emergencies, inspires fear or attachment. The head of the Ring is such a commander. He dispenses places, rewards the loyal, punishes the mutinous, concocts schemes, negotiates treaties. He
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I've been called a boss. All there is to it is having friends, doing things for people, and then later on they'll do things for you ... You can't coerce people into doing things for you—you can't make them vote for you. I never coerced anybody in my life. Wherever you see a man bulldozing
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The organization of a party in our city is really much like that of an army. There is one great central boss, assisted by some trusted and able lieutenants; these communicate with the different district bosses, whom they alternately bully and assist. The district boss in turn has a number of
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argued that the political machines of the past had flaws but provided better governance than the alternatives. He wrote that political machines created positive incentives for politicians to work together and compromise – as opposed to pursuing "naked self-interest" the whole time.
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is a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives (such as money or political jobs) and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity. The machine's power is based on the ability of the boss or group to
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The phrase is considered derogatory "because it suggests that the interest of the organization are placed before those of the general public", according to Safire. Machines are criticized as undemocratic and inevitably encouraging corruption.
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Since the 1960s, some historians have reevaluated political machines, considering them corrupt but efficient. Machines were undemocratic but responsive. They were also able to contain the spending demands of special interests. In
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that this view accompanied the common belief that there were no viable alternatives. They go on to point out that this is a falsehood, since there are certainly examples of reform oriented, anti-machine leaders during this time.
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and New York politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. From 1872, Tammany had an Irish "boss". However, Tammany Hall also served as an engine for
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A political machine is a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives—money, political jobs—and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity.
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generally avoids publicity, preferring the substance to the pomp of power, and is all the more dangerous because he sits, like a spider, hidden in the midst of his web. He is a Boss.
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needed to win the modern election. Having strong patronage, these "clubs" were the main driving force in gaining and getting out the "straight party vote" in the election districts.
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The term "political machine" dates back to the 19th century in the United States, where such organizations have existed in some municipalities and states since the 18th century.
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Matlin, John S. "Political Party Machines of the 1920s and 1930s: Tom Pendergast and the Kansas City Democratic machine." (PhD Dissertation, University of Birmingham, UK, 2009)
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and courts. Describing New York, Fuchs wrote, "New York got reform, but it never got good government." At the same time, as Dennis R. Judd and Todd Swanstrom suggest in
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and their appointees, and who knew the proverbial buttons to push to get things done. Benefits and problems both resulted from the rule of political machines.
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half-subordinates, half-allies, under him; these latter choose the captains of the election districts, etc., and come into contact with the common heelers.
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The political machine is in fact an attempt to maintain, inside the formal administrative organization of the city, the control of a primary group.
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and organizations, they are essential to political machines, which rely on hierarchy and rewards for political power, often enforced by a strong
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was denounced by private citizens. They achieved national and state civil-service reform and worked to replace local patronage systems with
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STEVEN R. REED, ETHAN SCHEINER and MICHAEL F. THIES (2012). "The End of LDP Dominance and the Rise of Party-Oriented Politics in Japan".
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Many machines formed in cities to serve immigrants to the U.S. in the late 19th century who viewed machines as a vehicle for political
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Hierarchy and discipline are hallmarks of political machines. "It generally means strict organization", according to Safire. Quoting
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or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state".
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Alan Lessoff and James J. Connolly, "From political insult to political theory: The boss, the machine, and the pluralist city."
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Political patronage, while often associated with political machines, is not essential to the definition for either Safire or
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Boss Platt and His New York Machine: A Study of the Political Leadership of Thomas C. Platt, Theodore Roosevelt and Others
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Tuckel, P.; Maisel, R. (2008). "Nativity Status and Voter Turnout in Early Twentieth-Century Urban United States".
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Ruhil, Anirudh V. S. (2003). "Urban Armageddon or politics as usual? The case of municipal civil service reform".
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contracts that the city could not afford and to make the state government assume burdensome costs like
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When the spoils element is predominant in a political organization, it is called a political machine.
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areas through its control of farm bureaus and road construction agencies. In Japan, the word
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Gosnell, Harold F. (September 1933). "The Political Party versus the Political Machine".
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was the chief dispenser of the Democratic Party's patronage system through the
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in the 1930s and 1940s was forcibly removed in what was known as the
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mobilized millions of private citizens to vote against the machines.
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is often cited as another political machine, maintaining power in
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defines "political machine" as "a party organization, headed by a
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Japanese political factional leaders are expected to distribute
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In his mid-2016 article "How American Politics Went Insane" in
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deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a
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In the late 19th century, large cities in the United States—
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Ed Flynn ran the Bronx from 1922 until his death in 1953.
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machine fell apart after he left the administration over
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and political corruption, perhaps most notoriously under
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Udo Keppler
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Richard Croker
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get out the vote
election
political parties
party whip
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Encyclopædia Britannica
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William Safire
Edward Flynn
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William M. Tweed
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