By: NATASHA SMITH
POLITICS IS in many ways like high stakes poker but in the US presidential candidacy, Nevada’s gambling tradition helped to resolve two tied caucus votes with a deck of cards.
Votes were tied between Democrat nominees Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama after two of Saturday’s caucuses. Each nominee had 26 votes in the district of Genoa and 24 at Zephyr Cove, near Lake Tahoe.
Under party rules, a pack of cards was shuffled and a supporter from each side picked a card. Mr Obama’s camp won both times but the overall Nevada state winner was Hillary Clinton.
The following day, Clinton and Obama clashed during a debate before the South Carolina primary.
Obama accused Clinton of saying anything to get elected but the former first lady responded by saying it was difficult to debate with someone who never took responsibility for any vote he cast.
With just two weeks before Super Tuesday on February 5, when 22 states vote in a potentially decisive day for the party’s nomination contest, both camps are stepping up their campaigns.
