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What made politics in the gilded age extremely popular-----with over 50% voter participation----yet so often corrupt and unconcerned with issues?

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While the Gilded Age was very active in terms of political voting turn out from the public, this was not by virtue of a purely innocent act. Political parties managed to get large voter turnouts because they would use corruption as a bargaining tool. They would give out jobs to people in return for their votes.
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