I do hope everyone understands by now that Red is the Color of Socialism and Blue is the Color of Conservatism, I always thought that switch in 2000 came because pointing out the Communist States would be too easy.
Take the French Flag, the Blue Represent the Virgin Mary and the Conservative Catholic Order (The Right if you will), The White represents the Royalists (and I assumed like Ireland, Peace) and the Red represents the Jacobin-Socialists.
HOWEVER the Red in the American Flag I always meant the Blood Split for our country, As White Represents Purity and Blue is Union.
So I could be different Meanings I guess.
I rebelled against those color choices back then, but was overcome by precedent.