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Vice President Vance Casts Tie-Breaking Vote To Kill Venezuela War Powers Resolution in the Senate (news.antiwar.com)

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Vice President JD Vance had to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate on Wednesday night to kill a Venezuela War Powers Resolution that sought to prevent another US attack on the country without congressional authorization. The Senate was deadlocked at 50-50 on a point of order vote to strip the War Powers Resolution of […]

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[–] flamingleg@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

One of the tricks they use with pokies (slot machines) to keep people addicted is to fool them into thinking they 'almost won'. For example if you need 5 cherries in a row to win, but end up with say 2 cherries and other random symbols, the outcome will be modified to show 4 cherries, to encourage the gambler to keep trying (losing money).

I think stories about senate votes and such being decided by a razer-thin margin produce a similar effect in the voter