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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.
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 ...
The "blue wall" is a term coined in 2009 in the political culture of the United States to refer to the several 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.
A key exception to the convention of red to mean the left-wing of politics is the United States. Since about the year 2000, the mass media have associated red with the Republican Party, even though the Republican Party is a conservative party (see red states and blue states). [30]
Though Democrats dominate California and New York, the states’ overall size means they’re home to huge numbers of Republican voters and donors, creating fundraising opportunities and helping ...
As a majority-Democratic state with Republican power over elections, Virginia could draw challenges to election results in 2024. As a blue state with Republican power over elections, Virginia ...
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 with blue) in the former, or the Republican ...
Trump didn’t just run up the score in a number of blue states. He also ran up the score in the red states. Trump won ruby-red Alabama by 25 points in 2020 but raised his lead to more than 30 ...