Nov 04, 2020 13:03:00

Why is the Republican Party red and the Democratic Party blue in the United States?

by

Chris Yarzab

In the US presidential election, it is often color-coded in red and blue when showing the number of votes of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. In fact, this color coding is relatively new rather than old-fashioned, and journalist Stephanie Papas explains why it came to be color-coded.

When Republicans Were Blue and Democrats Were Red | History | Smithsonian Magazine
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Why is red for Republicans and blue for Democrats? | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/why-blue-democrats-red-republicans.html

Academic Cultural Studies is an organization Smithsonian Institution issued Smithsonian Magazine According to the 2012 article, rather than convention that is red, and blue in the original election is used as an indication of the party, the Democratic Party of the 1976 Jimmy Carter Mr. When he won, the map was painted red. In this way, in some elections, red was often the Democratic Party and blue was the Republican Party.

Until 2000, the connection between color and the party was random, but with the New York Times and USA Today's first full-color election map, the color and the party became fixed. Archie Tse, senior graphic editor at The New York Times, explained why the Republicans were assigned red because 'Republicans start with R and Red also starts with R.' ..

The 2000 United States presidential election had problems reading votes, and major news sites said they kept color coding consistent to prevent confusion. Eventually, the 2000 presidential election ended in mid-December, but this long battle established the perception that the Republicans were red and the Democrats were blue.

As of 2020, this color coding has taken hold, and supporters of President Donald Trump are characterized by wearing a red hat that says 'Make America Great Again.' However, this color coding is only applicable in the United States, and in other countries, red is assigned to the leftist party and blue is assigned to the conservative party.