Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Why Democrat BLUE and Republican RED? This shocked me to find out it was not uniformly settled upon until 2000! THASS RIGHT! DIDJA KNOW?
Wasn't it introduced, as someone told me, simply to make TV news-room maps of election results by States, clearer to follow?
I don't know how comparable they really are but I gather the British approximate equivalents of the Republicans and Democrats are the Conservative and Labour parties, respectively.
Their colours are the other way round - blue for "Tory", red for Labour - and have been since well before televisions, let alone colour televisions! Labour is mildly socialist and that leaning has used red since its 19C origins. I don't know why blue for the other party.
We've also a party that campaigns under the colour orange. Called the Liberal Democrats, and a bit Left-of-Centre, it was formed way back in the 1970s I think, from the old Liberal Party and a number of disaffected Labour Party politicians.
What fascinates is the meaning behind the color. I guess some psychologist somewhere decided it. My favorite color is blue but so is that the favorite color of many people. It is a quiet calming soothing color. I like the meaning attendant thereto more than that of "REDS". The red I like is a blue red not orange red. What orange signifies I don't know but I'll GOOGLE it. When my sister was a youngster that was her favorite color! I like orange only if I can eat it...yams oranges carrots. I don't wear it and I don't decorate our home with it. It's just too jarring. Different strokes. Thank you for your reply. I shall GOOGLE orange. It probably signifies genius or something! Just my luck! :)
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