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The concept of '''Red states and blue states''' refers to a mapping technique used by the [[Mainstream media]] for visually illustrating the winners of states in elections.
 
The concept of '''Red states and blue states''' refers to a mapping technique used by the [[Mainstream media]] for visually illustrating the winners of states in elections.
[[File:2000px-ElectoralCollege1980.png|right|thumb|125px|Lake Reagan]]
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Over time, the colors have shifted.<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>
 
Over time, the colors have shifted.<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>
  

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The concept of Red states and blue states refers to a mapping technique used by the Mainstream media for visually illustrating the winners of states in elections.

Lake Reagan

Over time, the colors have shifted.[1] In earlier elections, there was no set pattern and in many cases, blue represented Republican gains.[2] 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"[3] or "Lake Reagan."[4]

Red is the color of communism, and some believe that the effort to permanently make red the color of republicans is an effort to distance the democrat party from its increasingly socialist governance.[1]

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