Starting With a Paper Clip and Trading Up at the Democratic Convention

ByOLIVIA SMITH ABCNews logo
Friday, July 29, 2016

What do you get at the Democratic National Convention when all you have is a paper clip?

ABC News found out this week, by starting with a blue paper clip and trading up for different items with DNC-goers during its four-day run in Philadelphia. The same game was played at the RNC last week in Cleveland.

Multiple swaps were made, from a portable phone charger to red, white and blue-striped sunglasses. Find out what ABC News ended up with by watching the video above.

FiveThirtyEight, and ABC News' Ronnie Polidoro and Chris Casey contributed to this report.

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