overall nevada is very, very sparsely populated, doesn t have all that many people in it as a state but those few people are a really important audience for the presidential candidates. so it makes sense that you d do a debate in nevada. beyond just being in nevada, though, beyond being in nevada s population center of las vegas, there s also one other reason that last night s debate venue was perfect in every way and that s because the specific place in las vegas where they held last night s debate is a hotel called the venetian, the biggest hotel and casino in las vegas. the version of the venetian that s in china is the single biggest casino in the world. and both of them and a lot more casinos and hotels beside, they re run by a conservative republican multi-billionaire named sheldon adelson. he s the zillionaire who spent more money in the last election than any other single person in the united states of america.