Whose idea was it to take the conservative color (blue) and the radical color (red), and switch them around in 2000? Before then, on every electoral map blue state America was Republican and Red state America was Democratic.
It may seem stupid, but I feel that these colors have a psycological effect on people when they see them. Most of America is conservative, so they switched the colors around.
What does everyone else think?
2006-09-26 10:34:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
to first poster: they had maps in every other election. The Y2K election fiasco didn't facilitate the need for them to create an electoral map. In every previous electoral map, the colors were blue for Republicans and red for Democrats
2006-09-26 10:38:58 · update #1
The FLIP FLOP in colors HAD to be a liberal thing...
I like blue for us conservatives...true blue
Liberals - red...red coat...turn coat...traitors...
2006-09-26 10:39:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
It is now stuck in the lexicon. What is much more interesting is a US map of county voting. That shows that there are fewer RED voters that you would expect. Of course electorial votes are based on total state counts, but there are very few blue counties in the USA.
2006-09-26 10:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by united9198 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
R = Red = Republican
B is shaped like D, so Blue = Democrat...or NOT RED = democrat
I think it just makes better sense this way.
(Especially since the republican tactics of late are totally radical and scare the crap out of me.)
2006-09-26 10:38:08 · answer #3 · answered by jimvalentinojr 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The TV networks needed definitive colors when they showed the map. That's how that stuck
2006-09-26 10:36:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We tried color coding in the 1860s. Blue and Gray. It didn't work well then either.
2006-09-26 10:49:20 · answer #5 · answered by Samurai Hoghead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah cuz blue and red ae the most popular colors in gangs too!
that may not have anything to do but its true about red and blue
2006-09-26 10:37:19 · answer #6 · answered by ∴⇒☆❝ ŧħåłĩą ❞☆⇐∴ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they're quite fitting. Red is chaotic and aggressive, like Republicans. Blue is cool and collected, like Democrats.
2006-09-26 10:40:55 · answer #7 · answered by Tofu Jesus 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I live in a conservative state, Ohio, and I dont really think it makes a difference.
2006-09-26 11:02:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Vote for a person not a political party
2006-09-26 10:36:30 · answer #9 · answered by . 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree. The Libs are all about phoniness, hence the color switch.
2006-09-26 10:36:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋