History of blue and red in electoral maps.

[Brian37]

I knew I was not out of my mind when I thought the media first started using electoral map colors, that they put democrats as red and republicans as blue. 

Those color schemes were not a product of a party choosing  them, but a product of evolving media technology and the advent of color tvs.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/...story.html

[Faith No More]

Ha, ha, I thought I was going insane over that.

Good to know it wasn't just me.

[Doubting Thomas]

I have an old DOS game from the 80's called President Elect, where you run through different strategies to run for president and win electoral votes.

It uses the Democrat - red Republican - blue scheme when showing the "polls" and election results.

[Brian37]

I wonder if the GOP and corporate world pushed for a flip in colors considering the time of the late 70s and early 80s was the height of the Cold War "Red Scare".

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I wonder if the GOP and corporate world pushed for a flip in colors considering the time of the late 70s and early 80s was the height of the  Cold War "Red Scare".

You must have missed the HUAC hearings in the '50s. 

[Brian37]

I wonder if the GOP and corporate world pushed for a flip in colors considering the time of the late 70s and early 80s was the height of the  Cold War "Red Scare".

You must have missed the HUAC hearings in the '50s. 

I wasn't alive then. I was born in 66. But I do know enough of history now to know that our right wing bullied religion onto money and into the pledge, and back then racism was horrible not that it isn't today too. And anyone daring to question authority to Joseph McCarthy got accused, many times falsely of being in bed with the enemy.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

You must have missed the HUAC hearings in the '50s. 

I wasn't alive then. I was born in 66. But I do know enough of history now to know that our right wing bullied religion onto money and into the pledge, and back then racism was horrible not that it isn't today too. And anyone daring to question authority to Joseph McCarthy got accused, many times falsely of being in bed with the enemy.

Yep, far worse than anything in the period you referred to. People lost everything because they wouldn't sign a loyalty oath. And this is laughable because a True Commie Spy would sign that sucker and force it on other people. People of conscience had issues with loyalty oaths for various reasons, and they were punished for not conforming. "Tail Gunner Joe" wound up be disgraced by one of those people.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

And for anyone who is wondering, the states are totally red or totally blue, that's just reflective of the way the state tends to vote on average. For example, Austin is a very blue area in a very red state, Texas. I live in a red state, at least it is right now. It's one of four states that might swing this election. I'll be doing my part to make that happen.

[brewer]

Yesterday my state had yeller lines through it. WTF?

[Brian37]

I wasn't alive then. I was born in 66. But I do know enough of history now to know that our right wing bullied religion onto money and into the pledge, and back then racism was horrible not that it isn't today too. And anyone daring to question authority to Joseph McCarthy got accused, many times falsely of being in bed with the enemy.

Yep, far worse than anything in the period you referred to. People lost everything because they wouldn't sign a loyalty oath. And this is laughable because a True Commie Spy would sign that sucker and force it on other people. People of conscience had issues with loyalty oaths for various reasons, and they were punished for not conforming. "Tail Gunner Joe" wound up be disgraced by one of those people.

Mein Drumpf is desperately trying to revive all that hyper nationalistic Jim Crow bigotry and cold war McCarthyism. Trump is the most vile candidate ever to run for president in our entire history. When you have your followers shout "execute her" there is no excuse for that and when you pander to that hate you don't get to claim you didn't intend to stoke fear to that level.