Party machines still matter in NYC balloting
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, center, gives supporters the thumbs-up after announcing that he is running for mayor on Sunday in Brooklyn. Bill de Blasio made the announcement on the sidewalk in front of his Park Slope house. (Jan. 27, 2013)
For a New York City mayoral candidate, everything depends, first of all, on making the ballot, and secondly, on winning a relevant place on the ballot. As obvious as that may seem, it defies the continual claim from some commentators that urban political parties and machines have ceased to matter in America.
The winner of the Democratic nomination in an incumbent-free citywide election makes...
