Why red means Republican and blue means Democrat

Did you know that the labeling of red and blue states in relation to political divisions is a relatively new technique? It started off originally in 1972 just around the time colored televisions became the major news source for American families, but at the time, the colors we closely associate with each major political party were reversed -- red for democrats and blue for republicans.

According to this Vox video, it wasn't really until the 2000 election that the term "red and blue states" became used in everyday political reporting. So interesting to see how that color shift happened so quickly and almost without any logical reason.

A list of Republicans who don't support Donald Trump

This says a lot. The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today today all published their own list of Republicans who have publicly denounced Trump. The New York Times' page is probably the best one to check out though as it not only is a list but also a timeline of Trump's statements next to the names and faces of the Republican leaders who found those statements horrifying enough to vote against their own party. The New York Times list goes one step further even in coloring the names of the Republicans blue in the rare cases where the leader not only denounces Trump but also pledges to vote for Clinton.

What a wild ride, huh?

The End of a Republican Party

What’s more, the idea of an electorate motivated more by issues of cultural grievance than by the grand ideas of conservatism is a dispiriting notion to Republicans already frustrated by the party’s particular pattern of positioning itself as ever beholden to the past. To those Republicans, Reagan hagiography has stunted the GOP: “No one under the age of 51 today was old enough to vote for Reagan when he first ran for president,” the authors of the party’s 2012 election post-mortem, a reviled document in some corners of the party, wrote. “We sound increasingly out of touch.”