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Revision as of 06:37, 30 December 2021
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[[File:Red state, blue state.svg|thumb|US presidential elections, since 2008. Dark blue: Democrats won the majority 4 times, light blue: they won 3 times, purple: Democrats and Republicans each won twice, light red: Republicans won 3 times, dark red: they won 4 times.]]
When [[Election|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 Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate, in a '''red state''' they voted for a [[Republican Party (United States)|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.
[[Category:Politics of the United States]]
{{Multistub|US|politics}}
When [[Election|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 Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate, in a '''red state''' they voted for a [[Republican Party (United States)|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.
[[Category:Politics of the United States]]
{{Multistub|US|politics}}