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.
Political machines in the United States [edit]. In the late 19th century, large cities in the United Statesâ Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas City, New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis âwere accused of using political machines in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. political machine is a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentivesâmoney, political jobsâand that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity.