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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.
This is contrary to common practice outside of the United States where blue is the traditional color of the right and red the color of the left. [ 153 ] Jefferson-Jackson Day is the annual fundraising event (dinner) held by Democratic Party organizations across the United States. [ 154 ]
The "blue wall" is a term coined in 2009 in the political culture of the United States to refer to the dozen-or-so states (along with Washington, D.C.) that reliably "voted blue" i.e. for the Democratic Party in the six consecutive presidential elections from 1992 to 2012. This trend suggested a fundamental dominance in presidential politics ...
This was the case in 2020, when Democrats voted more by mail than Republicans, and Republicans were much more likely to show up on Election Day. This difference caused a large blue mirage in North ...
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 ...
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.