Much of late-nineteenth-century American politics was parade and
pageant. Voters crowded the polls, and their votes made a real
difference on policy. In "Party Games," Mark Wahlgren Summers tells
the full story and admires much of the political carnival, but he
adds a cautionary note about the dark recesses: vote-buying,
election-rigging, blackguarding, news suppression, and violence.
Summers also points out that hardball politics and third-party
challenges helped make the parties more responsive. Ballyhoo did
not replace government action. In order to maintain power, major
parties not only rigged the system but also gave dissidents part of
what they wanted. The persistence of a two-party system, Summers
concludes, resulted from its adaptability, as well as its
ruthlessness. Even the reform of political abuses was shaped to fit
the needs of the real owners of the political system--the
politicians themselves.
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