{"id":304790,"date":"2025-12-25T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-happens-in-politics-on-christmas-day-your-questions-answered-electoral-dysfunction\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T09:00:06","slug":"what-happens-in-politics-on-christmas-day-your-questions-answered-electoral-dysfunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-happens-in-politics-on-christmas-day-your-questions-answered-electoral-dysfunction\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens in politics on Christmas day? Your questions answered | Electoral Dysfunction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6g9XBxR4irM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What happens in politics on Christmas day? 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