Why are Republicans Red and Democrats Blue?
This widely accepted color association is relatively recent. During the 2000 presidential campaign, on a TV broadcast of NBC’s Today show, Matt Lauer and the late Tim Russert were discussing an on-screen graphic map depicting some electoral-vote projections. Speaking of the states whose electoral votes were trending Republican, Russert and Lauer repeatedly used the phrase “red state”, and the phrase caught on. I saw a TV show where some loud-talking guy said, “all Republicans are reptilian henchmen for greedy tycoons.” Is that true? If you meet with any of the friendly members of the Townsend Republican Town Committee, you will quickly see that that loud guy on TV does not know what he is talking about. It may help you understand why some guy might say a thing like that, if you keep in mind that the purpose of all TV programs (from the point of view of the TV networks) is merely to hold your attention for the commercials! I’m still wondering what happened in the 2000 presidential elect
