Jezza™@DrChris That was just southern democrats -- on the east coast, it was political machines like Tammany Hall that often started as, essentially, ethnic mafias. Those 19th century images of politicians buying votes with liquor? (You know, the reason the liquor store is closed on election day?) were political machine operations. Primarily associated with one particular party that isn't Republican.
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