Explaining what the u.s consitution was made for
It is<span> a practice in which a </span>political party<span>, after winning an election, gives government </span>civil service<span> jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party as opposed to a </span>merit system<span>, where offices are awarded on the basis of some measure of </span>merit<span>, independent of political activity.</span>