Lexicon of Politics: Day 51
post office party n. a local branch of a national party with only a superficial presence.
2001 R. Perlstein Before the Storm (Mar.) 46:
State Republican organizations survived as shells, "post office parties" that existed only to deliver their "black-and-tan" delegations at Republican conventions in exchange for federal patronage if the GOP won the White house.
oxford dictionary of american political slang
2001 R. Perlstein Before the Storm (Mar.) 46:
State Republican organizations survived as shells, "post office parties" that existed only to deliver their "black-and-tan" delegations at Republican conventions in exchange for federal patronage if the GOP won the White house.
oxford dictionary of american political slang
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