Smithsonian Magazine21d
When Republicans Became ‘Red’ and Democrats Became ‘Blue’
At the urging of anchor John Chancellor, NBC had constructed the behemoth map to illustrate, in vivid blue and red, which states supported Republican incumbent Gerald Ford and which backed ...
USA Today5d
Who is blue and who is red? How we came to distinguish Republicans and Democrats
For years we have heard about "red states" and "blue states," so this must have been a thing since America established a two-party system...right? Simply put, no. The designation of colors for ...
NBC News8d
What are red and blue 'mirages,' and how election night vote counts make it hard to tell who will win
Mirages can be “red” or “blue” depending on which party appears to be benefiting — but “appears” is the really important thing here, because like any other mirage, a vote mirage is ...
Republicans are red and Democrats blue. But it wasn’t always that way
On CBS, meanwhile, Walter Cronkite told viewers that “the United States looks like it’s certainly red, white and blue… but ...
Most of Red America’s ‘blue dots’ can’t help Harris win. But this one might.
So Thibodeau, who still lives in Omaha, commissioned her own yard signs through her Republican PAC: the state of Nebraska, ...
Democrats’ blue wall crushed by Trump’s red tsunami
President-elect Donald Trump's decisive 2024 victory was capped off with a clean sweep of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, Democrats' so-called blue wall.
NBC New York8d
What's a ‘red' and ‘blue mirage,' and how election night vote counts make it hard to tell who will win
Mirages can be “red” or “blue” depending on which party appears to be benefiting — but “appears” is the really important thing here, because like any other mirage, a vote mirage is ...