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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 ...
Prior to 2000, red and blue did not always respectively denote Republicans and Democrats.
A color pattern that's used in thousands upon thousands of articles is changed based on a discussion of three people? There is now a clear association of red with Republicans (see Red states and blue states), and the use of a shade of green that so closely clashes with the blue used for Democrats only makes a bad situation worse. I didn't know ...
Wave elections in the United States are elections in which a political party makes major gains. Based on the "red states and blue states" color coding convention in use since 2000, wave elections have often been described as either "blue waves" or "red waves" depending on which party makes significant gains, referring to a major increase in seats held by either the Democratic Party (associated ...
The Georgia runoff election is finally here, and with two senate seats at stake, control of the Senate is on the line. Decisions made in the Senate can affect everything from taxes to relief bills ...
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
former Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, claimed his own 2010 win was an “exception” and that the state isn’t red or even purple, as many claim. “Wisconsin has historically been,” former ...