Open Mic FRIDAY 25th SEPTEMBER + Political Caption Competition

POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY:
The U.S. presidential election of 1800 featured personal insults between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.”
― Thomas Jefferson

TDB POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:
Polls tighten like wire
Aotearoa holds its breath
One vote tips the scales

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