Talk:Political boss

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Donald Trump as a political boss, really? Bosses are regional, not national, and firmly control their political organization. Love or hate him, Trump is objectively a political outsider and insurgent trying to wrest power away from his parties’ actual power players. 50.25.164.57 (talk) 18:29, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification

The article's lead paragraph is in need of some clarification and revising.

What is meant by a "unit" of a political party--a geographic unit such as a county or state (e.g. the Berkeley County Republican or Democratic Party)? Particular constituencies? Are units non-geographic?

The terms "ward" and "alderman", to my knowledge, are not commonly used outside of the northeastern United States. "Alderman" is not used at all where I live in the Southern U.S. "Ward" is very infrequently used in the South; precinct or district are much more common terms.

The style is somewhat awkward. For example, "Reformers sometimes allege that bosses are likely guilty of corruption."

I also tagged for clarification:

In which undeveloped countries do bosses commonly exist?

Is there a citation that shows how voters during the Depression in the U.S. were signed up for government programs under Harry Hopkins' leadership? There may be sources that support this; I'm not aware that this happened.

Can some editors give some attention to this article, particularly the lead paragraph? Foreignshore (talk) 20:04, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments. This article is quite sad, perhaps doomed by a difficult if not impossible topic to nail down, exhibiting numerous problems, starting with the disagreement between the very article title and lede sentence. It's intimidating to imagine how to improve it. Hugh (talk) 20:13, 21 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]