Party Loyalty
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It is commonly called the "spoils system" based on the adage that "to the victors go the spoils" (rewards from winning). It can also be called "political patronage" where jobs and public contracts are given to political supporters, and especially to contributors.
The spoils system.
Spoils System
The spoils system refers to a practice in which once a political party wins an election, it rewards its voters with government jobs. This is also referred to as patronage system.
One term is patronage.
Spoils System
The distribution of government jobs to political supporters is called? PatronagePatronage by: Andrea Burke
provide jobs to political party supporters
The Mugwumps thought government jobs should be given to people who were qualified, based on merit, rather than appointed by the spoils system. They were Republican political activists.
The practice of giving government jobs to friends and political supporters was known as the spoils system.
The spoils system was a practice where people were given government jobs on the basis of their political support. The system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power.
The spoils system refers to the practice where a political party, after being elected, gives government jobs to its campaign workers as a reward. It is in contrast to the merit system, where government positions are filled on the basis of merit, independent of political activity.