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As of November 2012, maps for presidential elections produced by the U.S. government also use blue for Democrats and red for Republicans. [114] In September 2010, the Democratic Party officially adopted an all-blue logo. [32] Around the same time, the official Republican website began using a red logo.
The idea of “red states” and “blue states” may feel deeply embedded in the symbolism of US politics, but before 2000 the colors were often the other way around. Republicans are red and ...
Blue – Democratic Party Blue and buff – Whig Party (United States) Gold with dark gray, sometimes with dark blue or purple – Libertarian Party Green – Green Party Orange – American Solidarity Party (Christian democracy) Purple – politically mixed or moderate regions; Constitution Party, Veterans Party of America
Prior to 2000, red and blue did not always respectively denote Republicans and Democrats.
Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections.
Americans are segregating by their politics at a rapid clip, helping fuel the greatest divide between the states in modern history.
Although both major political parties (and many minor ones) use the traditional American colors of red, white, and blue in their marketing and representations, since election night 2000 blue has become the identifying color for the Democratic Party while red has become the identifying color for the Republican Party.
An assessment of racism in Trinidad notes people often being described by their skin tone, with the gradations being "HIGH RED – part White, part Black but 'clearer' than Brown-skin: HIGH BROWN – More white than Black, light skinned: DOUGLA – part Indian and part Black: LIGHT SKINNED, or CLEAR SKINNED Some Black, but more White: TRINI ...