This is how I'd edit it down to a drabble. (Rude of me not to ask first, sorry.) ||**A Dog Was Elected Mayor** even though both candidates were men. At the debate, one had shouted until his voice grew hoarse, taking desperate sips of water from a Dixie cup. The other spoke in snide tones, clicking a pen while he thought and thrusting it into the air while he tried to make a point. They coveted the town like a prize for the largest swine at the county fair. Night fell on Town Hall, and the voters decided. After all, a dog can never tell a lie. Dogs wag their tails when pleased and snarl when provoked. It's undeniable: Everyone loves a dog.||