Red states and blue states

US presidential elections, since 2012      Won by the Republicans in all four elections      Won by the Republicans in three of the four elections      Won by each party twice in the four elections      Won by the Democrats in three of the four elections      Won by the Democrats in all four elections

When elections are done in the United States, single US states are classified by their majority. In that context, in a blue state, the majority voted for a Democratic candidate, in a red state they voted for a Republican candidate. This classification has been in use since the year 2000. If people talk about a red or a blue state outside the context of an election, they refer to the party most people in the state usually support.

Red States And Blue States Media

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  Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024

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  Incumbent senators. Red and blue denote two Republican or two Democratic senators respectively. Purple states denote one Republican and one Democrat from the state. Light blue stripes denote one Independent senator (who caucuses with the Democrats).

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  2016 United States presidential election results by county, on a color spectrum from Democratic blue to Republican red