How did the major political parties get their colors?
As the votes are tallied on election night and maps show which presidential candidate has a lead in each state, viewers likely won't need an explanation on why some states and red and others blue.
The color of politics: the origin of red and blue states
Utah has been reliably red throughout this election cycle and has been a GOP stronghold for the last three elections. Utah ...
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When Republicans Became ‘Red’ and Democrats Became ‘Blue’
The 2000 presidential election cemented the color-coded nature of political parties. Prior to that race, the colors were often reversed on electoral maps Jodi Enda; Updated by Meilan Solly NBC ...
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What the F**k Just Happened? And What Happens Now?
An updating look at the most compelling reactions, analysis, and commentary emerging in the aftermath of Trump’s monumental ...
The Cumulative Toll of Democrats’ Delusions
In recent election cycles, Democrats have invested much hope that “people of color”—the widely varied and disparate peoples ...
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New York and Texas public school classrooms feature map of the Arab World that ERASES Israel and replaces it with a united Palestine
One map, hanging on a classroom wall at PS 261 Zipporiah Mills in Brooklyn since at least April, is a colorful display of the Arab World with ... important in today's political and social climate.
Commentary: Democrats keep expecting white women to save them, and they keep getting burned
Despite hopes they would vote against their Trump-loving husbands, a majority of white women went for the president-elect for ...
‘The economy will be in a better place.’ Beyond the red-blue divide, pocketbook issues prevailed
Trump won not just by claiming a handful of key zip codes, but by accruing gains all over — increasing his vote share in ...
Trump Says He Won A 'Powerful Mandate.’ It’s Unclear What For.
Trump has earned the right to claim public validation. He’s on track to be the first Republican presidential candidate in 20 ...
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Women of color in Kansas politics reflect on presidential race and inclusion
The number of women of color becoming political leaders in Kansas has slowly ... is still room for different viewpoints and different world views." Kansas State Board of Education candidate ...
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How China sees the U.S. presidential election: ‘It’s high political drama’
They are excited by the prospect that a woman of color may be, for the first time ... out why someone like Trump can have such a long political life, despite all the scandals, despite that ...
Waiting for the North Koreans on the battlefields of the Ukraine war
Amid reports that Pyongyang’s troops are on the front lines, speculation is rampant among Ukrainian troops about when the ...