Politics with Paul Podcast #4 - What are the Red, Blue, and Purple States?
You hear about "red" and "blue" and even "purple" states all the time in elections—red for Republican, blue for Democrat, and purple for a mix of the two. Yet what criteria are needed to actually tell when a state is one of these colors? How did we even get to using red and blue colors for the Republican and Democratic Parties, respectively? Which states are red, which are blue, and which are purple? How have these shades changed over time? All this and more are the subject of today's Politics with Paul podcast episode. Today's random question: What is the coolest planet in the Solar System (you can't say "Earth")?
Key Points
- The usage of "red" and "blue" labels for states has been around since at least the 1880s. However, before 2000 it was common to see "blue" for Republicans and "red" for Democrats, while today it is the opposite.
- There isn't a clear-cut set of criteria to call a state red or blue, but some states are pretty easy to call one color.
- How red or blue (or purple) a state is can differ based on the type of office (e.g., president, governor, US Senate), as states sometimes vote differently for the parties between offices.
- What states are red or blue have shifted over time, with some solidly red states once being solidly blue and vice versa.
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