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Did you know the GOP used to be "Blue" and Dems "Red"?
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:35 pm
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And when election results flowed in Tuesday night, Nov. 2, Studio 8-H at 30 Rockefeller Center lit up. Light bulbs on each state changed from undecided white to Republican blue and Democratic red.
That’s right: In the beginning, blue was red and red was blue and they changed back and forth from election to election and network to network in what appears, in hindsight, to be a flight of whimsy. The notion that there were “red states” and “blue states”—and that the former were Republican and the latter Democratic—wasn’t cemented on the national psyche until the year 2000.
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If the parties had their choice from the beginning, what color would they have deemed most desirable? Does it matter?
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Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:36 pm to RidiculousHype
Uh yeah.
It changed every election.
But because of Bush v Gore it became too tied in to each party.
It changed every election.
But because of Bush v Gore it became too tied in to each party.
This post was edited on 2/11/20 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:37 pm to RidiculousHype
quote:
Does it matter?
no.
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:37 pm to RidiculousHype
Red is the color of Communism. It hit too close to home for Dems, so they changed it to hide their true nature.
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:38 pm to RidiculousHype
It used to swap around. And different TV stations used different colors.
I am annoyed they went away from that. Makes politics more like a sporting contest with team colors. It was already like that but this worsened things unnecessarily.
I am annoyed they went away from that. Makes politics more like a sporting contest with team colors. It was already like that but this worsened things unnecessarily.
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:38 pm to RidiculousHype
Yes.
I have the belief that the dems paid some focus group a lot of money to research this and they concluded that it unfairly colored them as RED commie lefties so they petitioned the progfilth media to change this overnight.
Not based on any knowledge but I remembered the 80s that republicans were blue.
Now red is my favorite map color.
I have the belief that the dems paid some focus group a lot of money to research this and they concluded that it unfairly colored them as RED commie lefties so they petitioned the progfilth media to change this overnight.
Not based on any knowledge but I remembered the 80s that republicans were blue.
Now red is my favorite map color.
This post was edited on 2/11/20 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:38 pm to RidiculousHype
I might be wrong but I don't think the Democrats liked being associated with Red China and USSR communism. Which is pretty ironic given todays dem candidates.
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:43 pm to RidiculousHype
I have a lib friend who was once convinced that Reagan was a Democrat and his boom moment was that picture.
To this day he posts nothing but leftist political memes and argues his point as if he's a political savant. Makes me laugh every time.
To this day he posts nothing but leftist political memes and argues his point as if he's a political savant. Makes me laugh every time.
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:45 pm to RidiculousHype
Each network chose its own colors for the map. Some, did not even use red and blue.
I am convinced that the current scheme “won out” because the networks did not want to be seen as taking sides by applying “red” (a traditional Soviet color) to the party on the Left
I am convinced that the current scheme “won out” because the networks did not want to be seen as taking sides by applying “red” (a traditional Soviet color) to the party on the Left
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:46 pm to RidiculousHype
I hope some news Network swaps it back this year.
The freak outs would be hysterical.
The freak outs would be hysterical.
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:48 pm to RidiculousHype
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Did you know the GOP used to be "Blue" and Dems "Red"?
What the frick was West Virginia's problem?
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:55 pm to RidiculousHype
quote:And boys used to be associated with pink and girls with blue.
d you know the GOP used to be "Blue" and Dems "Red"?
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:56 pm to RidiculousHype
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Imagine looking at that map in 1980 still on a black and white set.
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:57 pm to Rex Feral
quote:You must be very young.
What the frick was West Virginia's problem?
West Virginia is full of unionized miners. They have been a Dem stronghold for almost 100 years.
This post was edited on 2/11/20 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:57 pm to RidiculousHype
RED for COMMUNISM (USSR)
Posted on 2/11/20 at 3:57 pm to Rex Feral
Hardcore Dem labor vote. WV didn’t flip until 1984 and wasn’t a safe Republican seat until the 2000s.
Posted on 2/11/20 at 4:03 pm to BigJim
quote:
It used to swap around. And different TV stations used different colors.
I am annoyed they went away from that. Makes politics more like a sporting contest with team colors. It was already like that but this worsened things unnecessarily.
you can find all the videos on YouTube of each station's election night coverage
if you go check CBS & NBC... Reagan is red and Carter is blue... but ABC had it flipped
Posted on 2/11/20 at 4:05 pm to GRTiger
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I have a lib friend who was once convinced that Reagan was a Democrat and his boom moment was that picture.
Uhhhh did your lib friend know that Reagan won?
Posted on 2/11/20 at 4:06 pm to rt3
quote:As I recall, one of the networks used Yellow one year, too.
if you go check CBS & NBC... Reagan is red and Carter is blue... but ABC had it flipped
Posted on 2/11/20 at 4:08 pm to Numberwang
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Red is the color of Communism. It hit too close to home for Dems
I believe this.
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