Red State/Blue State
Does anyone know who came up with the Red State/Blue State designations for conservative/liberal states?
It has always seemed odd to me that conservative/Republican-leaning states are the ones called “Red” States, since “Red” is the color long associated with the Far Left, and that more closely approximates Democratic beiefs than Republican ones.
It seems to me that calling conservative states the “red” states is a deliberate attempt to blur the distinction between liberalism and Far Left ideas. Whoever came up with these designations did NOT want people to make the connection between liberalism and the Far Left.
The MSM. It figures.
I read an article in the past about this. IIRC the Reagan elections did not refer to red/blue. At some point afterwards the colors came into plate.
I feel like you do why Red was not assigned to the left.