"Political hack" is a pejorative term describing a person who is more loyal to a particular
political party
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than to their own sense of ethics. The term "hired gun" is often used in tandem to further describe the
moral bankruptcy
Amorality (also known as amoralism) is an absence of, indifference towards, disregard for, or incapacity for morality. Some simply refer to it as a case of being neither moral nor immoral. Amoral should not be confused with '' immoral'', which ...
of the "hack". When a group of "political hacks" of a similar political affiliation get together, they are sometimes called a "political hack pack." When one side of a debate has more "political hacks" than the other, this is referred to as a "hack gap" and gives an advantage to the side with more "political hacks."
See also
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Political machine
In the politics of representative democracies, a political machine is a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives (such as money or political jobs) and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership c ...
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Political pejoratives for people
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