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Political Machines:

-How Did They Work & Why Did Immigrants Support Them?- Basically, they counted votes of people whose votes shouldn't have been counted, they stole the ballot box and changed the results. some people used violence to win, like James Curley. He was running for Common Council. His opponent sent thugs to evict him, but they failed. In an attempt to get him back, Curley supporters punched out his opponent. Curley made sure the ballot count was true and he won the election. Some people appeared to be less rich than they really were to get people to vote for them. Some also tried to be in different groups to get them to vote for them. Even others found out what their opponent was doing and they went to the same place and make a better impression. Like Bilbo, he went to a church that his opponent was giving a speech at. He went there before his opponent was giving a speech at He went there before his opponent got there and he sang, preached, and made a strong connection with the congregation so that when the opponent got there, he didn't stand a chance. People running for the office allowed the immigrants to vote and in return the people running got more votes. The main goal of this was to win their elections.

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