###Hello populist rhetoricians, stumbling incumbents, and doomscrollers across the world!

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Our contest With Thunderous Applause has concluded, and you all sure have written in a good number of parables into the write-in candidate spot on the ballot! (We're pretty sure most of those candidates do not, in fact, exist, but hey, an infinite number of monkeys drawing an infinite number of comics is bound to make one that is actually funny one day!) Your efforts have done well at redirecting your vote away from what most people think matters (the actual running of the state), but what do they know - us autocrats at the top know what you really want is to share your thoughts on the end on the downfall of democracy to get a few snickers out of your like-minded friends, because that's what policy actually looks like at the end of the day! We received seventeen ballots which may or may not be part of a voter fraud investigation, but you all needn't worry about that, because the only opinion you need to worry about is ours, and we for one think you all have done a perfectly satisfactory job at undermining the democratic process. In fact, our records suggest one of your write-ins actually won a constituency...

...and it did so by catering to those constituents utterly broken by a €5 increase in the price of döner kebab?

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With 8.00 points, please give a round of applause to...

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#####alsoandanswer

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#####Which Broke The Camel's Back

They are therefore awarded with the coveted Hussar Wings, as well as a pair of golden wings for the month!

• With 7.88 points, second place goes to /u/Marzipanbread and their piece February Follies. They are therefore awarded with a pair of silver wings for the month!

• Finally, with 7.38 points, the third place goes to /u/Dolmande and their piece Vox populi. They are therefore awarded with a pair of bronze wings for the month!

• In addition, with 7.00 points, our coveted Mod's Choice Participation award goes to /u/ChetWinston and their piece Black October. Here's a little ribbon to put next to your name for that

Here are the full results:

Our invited judge for this contest was /u/Dolmande, last month's Hussar. Thanks to them for their participation!

The updated annual rankings can be found here.

Thank you to everybody who participated in this contest! We hope to see you all around for the next contest. Make sure you congratulate the winners!

Cheers,

The /r/polandball modteam