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Politics associated with political machines.

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How to use machine politics in a sentence

This year you have a group of candidates who are a throwback to machine politics.
Jack Hidary Waits to Make His Push in New York City Mayoral Race|David Freedlander|August 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That is, not to carry the flag for party machine politics but not to finger-wag over large sodas or e-cigarettes, either.
Jack Hidary Waits to Make His Push in New York City Mayoral Race|David Freedlander|August 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
On the Call he was simply a part of a news-machine; restricted by a policy, the whole a part of a still greater machine—politics.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
Our people are thoroughly disgusted with machine politics, and demand politics without any machine.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll

Mr. Sage appears to have as accurate a knowledge of the female heart as of the twists and turns of machine politics.
The Cruise of the Make-Believes|Tom Gallon
Platt was one of the most nearly absolute party bosses that the American system of machine politics has produced.
Theodore Roosevelt and His Times|Harold Howland
But the development of party spirit and machine politics brought with it a great change.
The Boss and the Machine|Samuel P. Orth