It’s the media’s fault. They deliberately switched the colors on Election Night 2000 for the parties. Chillingly Orwellian. It’s on us to correct the willful mislabeling at every turn.
No, the incumbent party had always been blue and the challenger red.
12 posted on 12/21/2014 7:31:48 AM PST by Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
Nope. You may have had some isolated media outlets using such a scheme, but nobody prior to 2000 called Republicans “Red” unless referring to its most leftist members.
13 posted on 12/21/2014 7:34:33 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj
(Resist We Much)