On December the 9th 2014 The Pirate Bay went down due to raids by the Swedish law enforcement. Since then The Pirate Bay went down on the 18th February for an estimated 12 hours, The website was down though there was no trouble with its domain name and name servers, routing visitors to a CloudFlare Error 522 page.
The main purpose of a political party is to win elections in order to control government and implement its policies. Political parties vie for the support of the public by opposing unpopular leaders from ruling parties, and unpopular policies of the same ruling parties and proposing new programs.
The political machine consisted of three elements: part bosses or a county committee, which governed the party, machine and controlled the politicians; election district captains who mobilized and organized support at the neighborhood level; and party loyalists who supported the machine with votes and financial support in return for jobs, favors and help provided by bosses and election district captains.