[SoothingDave]

Prior to Election 2000 the major media always slowed GOP states in blue and Rat states in commie red. Dating back decades.

Not true. Not true at all.

The incumbent president's party was blue. The challenging party was red.

Gore was Democrat, so he was blue in 2000. Bill Clinton was president.

Bush was red as the challenging party.

There was so much red state/blue state talk after the election that it stuck after that. It's an acciednt of history, not a conspiracy by the NYT.

FR used to be a place where people knew things.

[Reddy]

See my post 21.

I did not realize the colors switched due to incumbency. I knew they changed, but thought it was just cyclical.

Thanks for clarifying that.

[fieldmarshaldj]

That’s not so. If that were the case, Carter would’ve been labeled “blue.” I never knew of any other type of labeling in the modern era that had Republicans called “Reds.” Indeed, if there were left-leaning Republicans, they were called “Pink Elephants.” One left-winger in MA would carry one around with him when campaigning.

This was deliberate mislabeling, every bit as much on the media’s part as their serving as the propaganda wing for the Democrats.