Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
2016 United States presidential election results by county, on a color spectrum from Democratic blue to Republican red. A purple state refers to a swing state where both Democratic and Republican candidates receive many votes without an overwhelming majority for either party. Purple states are also often referred to as "battleground" states.
In United States presidential elections, each state is free to decide the method by which its electors to the Electoral College will be chosen. To increase its voting power in the Electoral College system, every state, with the exceptions of Maine and Nebraska, has adopted a winner-take-all system, where the candidate who wins the most popular votes in a state wins all of that state's ...
In the United States, the Working Families Party, which is a progressive third party, uses purple as one of its primary party colors. Purple is also used to describe populations with a near-equal mix of Democrat (blue) and Republican (red) voters, particularly in the context of Presidential elections. 21st-century election reporting commonly ...
American electoral politics have been dominated by successive pairs of major political parties since shortly after the founding of the republic of the United States. Since the 1850s, the two largest political parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—which together have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and controlled the United States Congress ...
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 Red – Republican Party
Here's the history and meaning behind Women's history month colors: purple, green, white and gold. Experts explain the fascinating origins.
In nature, among the priestly and royal, as a symbol of independence, pride and magic, purple is weighty in history and culture. Now, with the Christmas Day opening of the second film based on ...
Labor Party of the United States: Social democracy [107] Merged into: Farmer–Labor Party: 1919 1920 Proletarian Party of America: Communism [108] Splits from: Socialist Party of America: 1920 1971 Workers Party of America: Communist Party USA: Marxism–Leninism: 1921 1929 American Party (1924) Nativism [109] 1924 1924 Progressive Party (1924 ...