Ben Carson's election party was so depressing that the bartender knit a blanket

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published 10 February 2016

Ben Carson evacuated New Hampshire hours before the primary, leaving his own election party to revel without him. Only, there wasn't actually much reveling: Beating only Jim Gilmore, Carson skidded into a dismal eighth place, which doesn't do much to stoke a celebratory spirit.

Consequently, the party was a bit of a bust. It peaked with 50 attendees and while the campaign had optimistically set up two bars, "neither was inundated," The Guardian reports. Even worse, "A woman working behind one [of the bars] spent much of her time knitting a blanket."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.