machine politics

1. Politics associated with political machines.

Example Sentences

“In Northern industrial cities, Democratic party bosses built a new style of urban machine politics greased by the exchange of money and personal favors.”

From Salon

The congressman’s chief rival is Ravi Bhalla, the mayor of Hoboken, who has tried to shape the primary into a referendum on patronage, corruption and the corrosive influence of machine politics.

From New York Times

Mayor Ganim's critics - his challenger chief among them - say that the incident has exposed the underbelly of a type of corrupt Democratic party "machine politics" in the city.

From BBC

Comer cut his teeth in the bare-knuckled machine politics of Monroe County, Kentucky, and knew how to win allies, according to those who knew him.

From Seattle Times

He also cut his teeth in the bare-knuckled machine politics of Monroe County, Kentucky, and knew how to win allies, according to those who knew him.

From Seattle Times