I am a small noisy trinket handed out at a New Year bash, but in politics, my name sounds like showing bias toward one group for cash. What am I?
A party favor
This puzzle connects two meanings of party favor. In a New Year party context, it is a small item like a horn or hat given to guests. In political discourse, showing party favor means granting biased privileges to one political party.
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