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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.
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 refers to "Purple states" or "Purple counties" for regions where neither party appears to have a clear majority among likely voters (i.e ...
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 ...
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
Prior to 2000, red and blue did not always respectively denote Republicans and Democrats. Here's why Republicans are 'red' and Democrats are 'blue': USA TODAY may have contributed to it Skip to ...
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 ...
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.
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other ... Independent Democrat (ID) Independent Republican (IR) ... United States political ...