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[[File:2000px-ElectoralCollege1980.png|right|thumb|200px|Lake Reagan]]

[[File:2000px-ElectoralCollege1980.png|right|thumb|200px|Lake Reagan]]

The color scheme is the exact opposite of what is used worldwide, where conservative-leaning parties are shaded blue and liberal-leaning parties are shaded red.<ref name=farah>[http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/how-red-states-turned-blue-and-vice-versa/ How red states turned blue and vice versa], [[WND]]</ref>  In earlier elections, there was no set pattern and, in many cases, blue represented Republican gains.<ref>[https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/library/alumni/online_exhibits/pres_election_08map/page2.htm Origin of Red States, Blue States]</ref>  Most notably, at the conclusion of the [[1980 Presidential Election]] members of the media referred to the landslide election of [[Ronald Reagan]] as a "suburban swimming pool"<ref>[http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2015/10/29/editorial/guest/dem-red-reagan-blue/ Dem red, Reagan blue]</ref> or "Lake Reagan."<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=20040208&id=bVNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6665,1584006&hl=en One state, Two state; red state blue state]</ref>  As red is the color which traditionally is associated with [[Communism]], some believe that the effort by the [[mainstream media]] on behalf of the [[Democrat Party]] to permanently impose the color red on Republicans is a deceitful effort to distance the Democrats from its increasingly socialist governance.<ref name=farah />

The color scheme is the exact opposite of what is used worldwide, where conservative-leaning parties are shaded blue and liberal-leaning parties are shaded red.<ref name=farah>[https://www.wnd.com/2012/05/how-red-states-turned-blue-and-vice-versa/ How red states turned blue and vice versa], [[WND]]</ref>  In earlier elections, there was no set pattern and, in many cases, blue represented Republican gains.<ref>[https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/library/alumni/online_exhibits/pres_election_08map/page2.htm Origin of Red States, Blue States]</ref>  Most notably, at the conclusion of the [[1980 Presidential Election]] members of the media referred to the landslide election of [[Ronald Reagan]] as a "suburban swimming pool"<ref>[https://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2015/10/29/editorial/guest/dem-red-reagan-blue/ Dem red, Reagan blue]</ref> or "Lake Reagan."<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=20040208&id=bVNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6665,1584006&hl=en One state, Two state; red state blue state]</ref>  As red is the color which traditionally is associated with [[Communism]], some believe that the effort by the [[mainstream media]] on behalf of the [[Democrat Party]] to permanently impose the color red on Republicans is a deceitful effort to distance the Democrats from its increasingly socialist governance.<ref name=farah />

Most states in the South, the Midwest, and the West, along with Alaska, are red states, while most states in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the West Coast (including Hawaii) are blue states.

Most states in the South, the Midwest, and the West, along with Alaska, are red states, while most states in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the West Coast (including Hawaii) are blue states.