In most countries, the color associated with left wing or socialist political parties is red. Blue is the color most often associated with right wing and conservative parties.
Why, then, do political commentators in the United States refer to Republican majority states as 'red' and Democratic majority states as 'blue'?
Given the Republican Party's hatred of communism and disdain for socialism - even the social democratic version found in Europe - why would it accept being tagged with the color made infamous by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China?
Definitely a head scratcher!
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