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Politicians in Washington rushed Nevada into statehood in 1864 to assure Abraham Lincoln a comfortable margin in his bid for reelection smack-dab in the middle of the Civil War, and ever since then, the Silver State has played a unique role in American political history.  

Nevada is mostly desert, so it has always been a bit creative in how it has looked at its growth potential. In the early 1900s, it went the libertarian route, allowing prostitution and gambling, as a way to draw more settlers from California. It worked, and Nevadans found a formula that has kept it growing for most of its relatively short history. That is, up until the Obama years.

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