[weegee]

The historic switch from blue to red over the past half century

Uh, the color went from being Blue for Republicans and Red for Democrats only in recent years. I hate this "red state" BS.

I think that the left disliked the commie association and wanted to be thought of as "true blue" or "blue collar".

There is one election atlas site that decided NOT to redraw all of the maps when the mass media shifted the colors.

[RedMonqey]

Uh, the color went from being Blue for Republicans and Red for Democrats only in recent years. I hate this "red state" BS.

You noticed that too? I thought it strange that growing up I always associated "blue" with Yankees and Republicans.(a natural back then) and Democrats with "red" and commies.

Who decide they could switch? (rhetorical question)

[Paleo Conservative]

Uh, the color went from being Blue for Republicans and Red for Democrats only in recent years. I hate this "red state" BS.

Normally the party in power is blue while the party out of power is red.

[Dick Vomer]

[LeoWindhorse]

Hello , I tend to agree with your remarks , on the other hand Red is the primary color of the Confederate Battle flag ,a flag most of we ancestral Southerners tend to love very much.

[Little Ray]

Actually Blue was assigned to the incumbent. When the incumbents were Clinton and Gore, the 'pubbies became "red" and, unfortunately, it stuck.

[aomagrat]

Uh, the color went from being Blue for Republicans and Red for Democrats only in recent years. I hate this "red state" BS.

Since blue is the color of the UN and the EU, I don't mind being called red.