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> The Red Party or The Blue Party Incidentally, these color associations only became fixed in 2000, before then different media outlets used different color ma
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
> The Red Party or The Blue Party
Incidentally, these color associations only became fixed in 2000, before then different media outlets used different color mappings. The fixed mapping is a creation of corporate media who wanted to simplify the presentation of American politics so even people with their brains completely turned off (e.g., sat in front of a television) could follow along.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#Contemporary_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#Con...
- origin_path 4y agoThat's fascinating. I always wondered why the political colours were backwards in the USA. The left is historically associated with red globally, and conservatives normally adopt blue, but in the US it's the other way around. Had no idea that was such a recent thing.