It could be as simple as the fact that “blue” is the favorite color of most Americans. And the MSM would only want the best for their pets, the dems. So, they gave them the best. Guess we’re lucky they didn’t pick some putrid shade of orange for us...
While we’re on the topic of reclaiming doublespeak from the Statists, how bout the whole capital-L “Liberal”? Meaning, in practice, “one who opposes virtually every form of actual individual liberty”.
I cringe every time I hear someone use the term “Liberal”, because it’s used to describe the leftists who want gov’t control of every facet of people’s lives.
That makes them the opposite of what I and many Freepers are...whether you describe yourself as “libertarian”, “fiscally conservative, socially liberal”, or just in terms of our Founders’ philosophy, a “classical liberal”, you shouldn’t be applying the capital-L word to those fighting tooth and nail for command-and-control.
Take a look at it. He has all the Bush states in blue and the dimwit states in red!
The acceptance of red by conservatives makes it unlikely it will ever change. I imagine most people don’t even think about ir or care, they just accept it.
Interesting in the rest of the world colors have long been associated with parties but here just since 2000.
I’m not sure the MSM picked Red for Republican just to dissociate the historic color of leftism from the rats, since many people aren’t even aware red=commie. There have been marketing studies showing people like blue better (Pepsi did this). That’s perhaps a simpler reason.
I wish it were reversed though to fit international political color meanings, history, Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vader parallels and those dave leip maps.
Better yet pick a really ugly color like greenish yellowish brownish grayish pet vomit for the rats. GOP gets all other colors.
IDEALLY the rats would get invisible.
The GOP should be Blue, and the Democrats Red (since they’re the leftist party). That’s the way it was traditionally, and that’s the way that Dave Leip’s presidential elections atlas has it. http://uselectionatlas.org/
This is a vanity thread a wrote a while back. Thought you’d be interested.