Red states and blue states
Red,states,and,blue,states
Since,the,2000,US,Presidential,election,,red,states,and,blue,states,has,referred,to,states,of,the,United,States,whose,residents,predominantly,vote,for,either,the,Republican,Party,red,or,Democratic,Party,blue,presidential,candidates,Since,then,,the,use,of,the,term,has,been,expanded,to,differentiate,between,states,being,perceived,as,liberal,and,those,perceived,as,conservativecitation,needed
All,states,contain,both,liberal,and,conservative,voters,ie,,are,"purple",and,only,appear,red/blue,on,the,electoral,map,because,of,the,winner-take-all,system,used,by,most,states,in,the,Electoral,College12,However,,the,perception,of,some,states,as,"red",and,some,as,"blue",was,reinforced,by,a,degree,of,partisan,stability,from,election,to,election—from,the,2000,election,to,the,2004,election,,only,three,states,changed,"color",,and,as,of,2012,fully,40,out,of,50,states,have,voted,for,the,same,party,in,every,presidential,election,since,the,red/blue,terminology,was,popularized,in,2000
The,choice,of,colors,reverses,a,long-standing,convention,of,political,colors,whereby,red,symbols,such,as,the,Red,Flag,ored,states,and,blue,states,on,map,2018,,red,states,and,blue,states,,red,states,and,blue,states,2017,,red,states,and,blue,states,2016,presidential,election,,red,states,and,blue,states,elected,trump,,red,states,and,blue,states,1960s,Red,states,and,blue,states
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