Quick Question

[Murdock]

How did the color blue end up associated with the Democratic party and red the Republicans?

Also didn't they used to alternate every 4 years? Why don't they do so anymore? Or Did they ever alternate color associations?

[Iggo]

1. Because blue is good and red is bad.

I assumed that'd be obvious.

Anyone raised during the Cold War knows that.

[1620rock]

2. Red historically has stood for blood and war.

[Murdock]

3. Yes..

But has Red always represented the Republican party as well?

[LeftinOH]

4. No, it hasn't always:

"Early on, the most common (though not universal) color scheme was to use red for Democrats and blue for Republicans. This was the color scheme employed by NBC—David Brinkley famously referred to the 1984 map showing Reagan's 49-state landslide as a "sea of blue", but this color scheme was also employed by most newsmagazines. CBS during this same period, however, used the opposite scheme—blue for Democrats, red for Republicans."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#Origins_of_current_color_scheme

[baldguy]

5. Red is the color of totalitarianism

So the GOP liked it.

[XemaSab]

7. Red is the color of communism

n/t

[lpbk2713]

6. Rethuglican administrations always operate in the 'Red' fiscally.

So far AWOL Shit-for-Brains has proven that point

far better than any other President in history.