[Mr. Mojo]

I HATE that the MSM switched the color of the states to GOP being red.

Hear hear. I also hate the fact the Republicans accepted the color switch (in 2000) without protest, and that within a very short period of time forgot that the switch even took place. The Dems had always despised the Dems = Red = Communism connection, and their friends in the MSM relieved them of that concern forever. And the Pubbies: "Oh, we're red now? Ok, no prob. Thank you sir, may I have another?"

[Logophile]

Hear hear. I also hate the fact the Republicans accepted the color switch (in 2000) without protest, and that within a very short period of time forgot that the switch even took place. The Dems had always despised the Dems = Red = Communism connection, and their friends in the MSM relieved them of that concern forever. And the Pubbies: "Oh, we're red now? Ok, no prob. Thank you sir, may I have another?"

Add me to the chorus. Although the Democrats wholeheartedly support Leftists causes, they do not want to be called Leftists.

As for the Republicans, they are clueless or gutless (or both).

[xp38]

The colour thing was never set in stone but from what I read the general practice was to give blue to the party of the incumbant and red to the challenger. The trouble is the 2000 election is seared into the minds of the dims and seems to have made the colours permanent now.

[Ben Ficklin]

Historically, use of the red and blue colors to designate how a state "went" in the election was alternated each election.

When conservatives added significance to this color designation due to the 2000 election, that stopped.