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The choice of colors reverses a long-standing convention of political colors whereby red symbols (such as the Red Flag or Red Star) are associated with left-wing politics, and right-wing movements often choose blue as a contrasting color.[5] Indeed, until the 1980s, Republicans were often represented by blue and Democrats by red. The current terminology of "red states" and "blue states" came into use in the United States presidential election of 2000 on an episode of the Today show on October 30, 2000. According to The Washington Post, the terms were coined by journalist Tim Russert, during his televised coverage of the 2000 presidential election.[6] That was not the first election during which the news media used colored maps to depict voter preferences in the various states, but it was the first time a standard color scheme took hold; the colors were often reversed or different colors used before the 2000 election.
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originally posted by: loam
The choice of colors reverses a long-standing convention of political colors whereby red symbols (such as the Red Flag or Red Star) are associated with left-wing politics, and right-wing movements often choose blue as a contrasting color.[5] Indeed, until the 1980s, Republicans were often represented by blue and Democrats by red. The current terminology of "red states" and "blue states" came into use in the United States presidential election of 2000 on an episode of the Today show on October 30, 2000. According to The Washington Post, the terms were coined by journalist Tim Russert, during his televised coverage of the 2000 presidential election.[6] That was not the first election during which the news media used colored maps to depict voter preferences in the various states, but it was the first time a standard color scheme took hold; the colors were often reversed or different colors used before the 2000 election.
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So there's that.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: tovenar
It changed in the 2000 election when Busch beat Goar due to those hanging chuds.
originally posted by: Quantumgamer1776
Why is everything in this thread italicized, I’m freakin our man!
originally posted by: tovenar
That has been bugging me since the past U.S. election. The colors of Democrats = blue, Republicans = red has become so overpowering that the colors have become synonymous with the respective political parties in American politics.
Originally, the colors were the opposite. I'll try to post evidence in this thread. here are a couple of graphics that date from the election depicted,[/I] showing republicans as blue and democrat-held states as red.
www.historycentral.com...
presidentelect.org...
uselectionatlas.org...
1992: Clinton wins (red)