News Alert: The year the party machines broke

View in your browser     The year the party machines broke 2018 marks the demise of the big-city Democratic machine. For centuries, those storied machines dominated America’s largest cities, driving volunteers through neighborhoods and delivering voters to the polls. But for the last several years, those machines have come under intense pressure, from a rising generation of progressive and minority activists and from rampant scandals of corruption and rot -- twin factors that are driving the demise of the last of the country’s powerful political bosses. Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.