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Time magazine reported that year’s result with a map showing Bill Clinton as red and Dole as blue, while the Washington Post’s 2000 election front page also featured a color map marking ...
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.
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.
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 ...
Prior to 2000, red and blue did not always respectively denote Republicans and Democrats.
The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the U.S. Founded as the Democratic Party in 1828 by Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, [56] it is the oldest extant voter-based political party in the world. [57] [58] Since 1912, the Democratic Party has positioned itself as the liberal party on domestic issues.
Of the 100 seats, 47 are held by Democrats. Republicans have 49 seats. While Republicans may have more seats outright, the Democratic majority is impacted by the four other senators.
For maps of future elections, "hold" is used for "incumbent intent is known and is eligible, or incumbent is running for re-election", whereas "gain" is used for "incumbent is retiring/term-limited". Following this, there is an additional color used, which is also used when an election has taken place but not been called yet.