dead heat

The latest controversy adds to a list which includes sinkings, crashes, mutinies, and the controversial 1877 dead heat, when the result was decided in court.

The Pembrokeshire brothers had to share the spoils at Cheltenham in December after a dead heat was recorded between their horses.

By election day, the contest was a dead heat.

Options were limited: the state’s Election Code says that a race ending in a dead heat can be decided by a special runoff election or “by lot.”

It had consistently shown Trump leading since his September debate with Harris, and it ultimately proved more accurate than conventional polling methods that showed the race in a dead heat.