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- Political Game, "Blocks of Five or The Administration Puzzle," 1888 - Republican Benjamin Harrison narrowly won the presidential election of 1888. Democrats would accuse Republicans of sending men who sold their votes to the polls in controllable groups, or "blocks of five." Party officials could be sure of how these groups voted since nineteenth-century voting practices involved casting a preprinted party ballot. This game, created after the election, became a playful jab at political corruption.
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Political Game, "Blocks of Five or The Administration Puzzle," 1888
Republican Benjamin Harrison narrowly won the presidential election of 1888. Democrats would accuse Republicans of sending men who sold their votes to the polls in controllable groups, or "blocks of five." Party officials could be sure of how these groups voted since nineteenth-century voting practices involved casting a preprinted party ballot. This game, created after the election, became a playful jab at political corruption.