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How does this statement relate to the source This catalyst and the trend of expanding universal white male suffrage significantly changed polls and how the political machine developed in public. This emergence of the political machine allowed for the development of parades and parties on a grand scale to demonstrate the value of each political party's electorate at every level.[6] "Jackson's administration was the catalyst for rapid transformation for American politics." [7] This meant that even those who disagreed with Jackson had to adapt to his tactics or would fail to be recognized even at the local levels of government.[8] For some time, The Age of Jackson was portrayed as a great triumph of American democracy; do you think Watson agrees with this interpretation? Whether or not Watson believes that the Age of Jackson was a triumph for American Democracy, it seems the concept is still up in the air. On the one hand, the author sees the American people's excellent investment in the enlargement of the political party as a value to the participation of the common man in general. In retrospect, the author is appalled by the overreach of power taken by the spoil system and the political machine in which democracy had little to do with the outcomes of the aspects of the accounts or the value of the people that were exploded to ensure the party rather than the people were in control. The author's value in Jackson is that he sees a tradition established through Jackson's