Red Republicans
When and how did the
Republican party become Red? That's the color officially assigned them now, and
I wonder why. During the Cold War, no way would anyone call them Reds; if
anything it was the Democrats who were called that. Now the Democrats are Blue,
the Republicans are Red, and as near as I can tell this started with the
electoral dysfunction of 2000.
I get the alliteration; R
is for Red and Republican. I even concur with the symbolism; angry Red
Republicans compared to cool Blue Democrats. My question is, how did this
happen? Who gave the go-ahead?
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