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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Two things I find odd about the Republicans:
-They call themselves the GOP despite the Democrats being around longer
-They use the colour Red, normally reserved for Communists or Leftist parties.
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That's only a relatively recent development. Because of the association with communism, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats wanted to be associated with the colour red. Accordingly, the television networks would alternate every election which party was shown in red and which in blue. For the 2000 election, it just happened to be the GOP's turn to be red. That election, of course, was so close that the concept of "red states" and "blue states" became ingrained in the American consciousness, and the respective colours have stuck ever since.