Why is the Republican Party red and the Democrat Party blue?

>>134462264
>Red is for commies
Commies are new.
They stole red.

>>134462264
Red is for red blooded Americans and the blood of patriots.

>>134462264
>>134462389
Dems used to be Red but a mistake was made in the 80s during a national election and the change for some reason stuck

>>134462264
There was a political cartoon in the 1920s that sparked the whole Republicans are red elephants, Democrats are blue donkeys. Ever since people have just adopted that shit

>>134462264
>Iowa
>Blue
>Florida
>Blue
>Pennsylvania
>Blue
>Ohio
>Blue
>Michigan
>Blue

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>>134462264
>Red is for the commies.
Red is evil, blue is good.

>>134462264
>PA
>OH
>WY
>IA
>FL
>MI
Seems like their losing their body faster that imagined.

>>134462264
Because traditionally blue is the color of the good guys and red is the color of the bad guys

>>134462264
In my youth, they would change them up every other election cycle or so. Carter, if I remember correctly, was red. The Democratic party didn't like the fact that Liberals were identified with red, so NBC decided to make Republicans Red, and Democrats Blue. Yes, the media was liberal shills even back then.

>>134462264
The Democrats were conservative. The Communists hijacked the party.

>>134462264
It's true that "Red States" and "Blue states" have been switched back and forth between both parties over decades.
But the very-close 2000 election finalized the definition.

>>134462599
>Florida
Florida is close to 50/50 Too many yankee snowbirds retiring down here and putting in their 2 cents.

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>>134462456
This. America's roots are soaked red with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Red is sacrifice and bloodshed and all the founding fathers knew it and realized it was (and is) unavoidable.

>>134462690
um tell that to wc3

>>134462264
Current libs = pussies, Conservatives = any one with a back bone and will to fight against the powers to be. That's how I usually interpret the color choices.

>>134462764
>, the media was liberal shills even back then.
I'm sure it seems that way to _you_ Donald.

>>134462264
picture is outdated

The blue man just lost half of his arm and parts of his legs

>>134462264
Someone please remake these figures with the actual 2016 results of which states turned red/blue.

>>134462264
You know who Commies were? Federalists, if you want to go that path of calling somebody a Commie. Originally USA had nationalized banks = Commie. Originally USA had 20% government stocks and 80% public sector owned stocks, that's a whopping 0% for private sector. That's until Democrat-Republicans came who are basically the same people.

>>134463052
>modern cuckservatives
>having a backbone
Nigger please no one in the US electorate has anything close to a spine any more

>>134463163
Florida is our dick now. Republicans confirmed FtM trannies with the Democrat's donated phallus.

>>134462264
The first year networks used red and blue light up maps to show election results, the Dems were red.

It was realized by the media that Red is for stop, danger, and other negatively connotationed ideas, and they switched it.

>>134462264
it doesn't matter what color you make them, because they are the fucking same. only a child believes the dichotomy is real. it is an illusion, as is elections and the concept of liberty and freedom. all bullshit. there is one government corporation that runs the country called THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. it is a business entity, and it's employees, franchisees, and officers are referred to as citizens. it robs its citizens blind in a Ponzi scheme that promises them benefits, but in reality does everything in its power to renege on it's obligations.

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>>134462264
Its a weird story
>TV stations alternate every presidential election between red and blue for democrats and republicans
>1996 dems = red Reps= blue
>2000 Reps = Red Dems = blue
>For some reason the cycle stops at 2000
>probably because the election went to the supreme court and took forever to sort out
>now they don't alternate and the Reps are permanently Red and the Dems are permanently blue

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>>134462555
Close, but the Nast cartoons had no color.