If you mix a little red in with a little blue, you start shifting it out of "blue", but it's not abruptly "not blue". No significant political party or other l

If you mix a little red in with a little blue, you start shifting it out of "blue", but it's not abruptly "not blue". No significant political party or other large group in history has ever demanded perfect adherence by all members to all aspects of platform or ideology, that doesn't mean the groups didn't exist. I'm also not sure where you get the idea that lowering taxes is not a Democratic thing, or creating social programs is not a Republican thing. It sounds like you're getting your ideas of what the parties stand for solely from the loud-mouthed extremists. The world is nuanced, that doesn't mean identifiable groups do not exist.