Why red means Republican and blue means Democrat

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  • čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
  • The major party color schemes, and the terms “red state” and "blue state," are actually a recent phenomenon.
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  • @FIREDRAGON158
    @FIREDRAGON158 Před 7 lety +6041

    So basically our colors switch because ABC thought, "red for Reagan." Everyone else in the world thinks red for the left party and blue for the right party.

    • @sapphron
      @sapphron Před 7 lety +422

      just like meters vs yards. we are the exception!

    • @Sillykat420
      @Sillykat420 Před 7 lety +397

      Yep. Here in the UK conservatives are blue and labour party is red. On top of this, we also have the right wing UKIP which is purple and the left wing green party which is, unsurprisingly, green.

    • @kalvincastro9042
      @kalvincastro9042 Před 7 lety +206

      FIREDRAGON158
      I assumed it was "Red for Republican" and Democrats got blue because it's a popular color against red and part of the "red white and blue" color scheme.

    • @MrFerdimand
      @MrFerdimand Před 6 lety

      CZcamsr What?

    • @TheRazorTongue
      @TheRazorTongue Před 6 lety +13

      'Murica!!!

  • @rejvaik00
    @rejvaik00 Před 7 lety +7368

    Am I going color blind? Casue i swear that map with Alabama was green

    • @robertjenkins6132
      @robertjenkins6132 Před 7 lety +338

      I was just about to comment the same thing.

    • @VishalShah2799
      @VishalShah2799 Před 7 lety +192

      It could be a problem with your monitor as not all monitors represent colors the same way.

    • @robertjenkins6132
      @robertjenkins6132 Před 7 lety +408

      Vishal Shah
      Go to 1:09 and look carefully at the lower right corner of the TV. You will see three colored circles above the word "TRINITRON": Red, Green, and Blue, in the traditional RGB order. The color of Alabama is like a dark version of the middle color, which is green. It might be on the boundary of greenish-bluish, but it's definitely not pure blue (0, 0, 255).
      Pure Republican Green.

    • @seabb
      @seabb Před 7 lety +48

      Your default profile picture color is that color.

    • @seabb
      @seabb Před 7 lety +61

      And also, I think the issue is with the old tv screen. You see how the red state has a bit of an orange tinge to it? I think the whole screen has a yellow tinge to it and that's where you're getting that green.

  • @JonDoe-op9sq
    @JonDoe-op9sq Před 7 lety +1329

    I'm pretty sure it was white and gold.

  • @seahawk124
    @seahawk124 Před 7 lety +2163

    For us colour blind people, this video was a nightmare!

    • @auDipquid
      @auDipquid Před 7 lety +90

      Colors are amazing! You don't know what you're missing.

    • @uetzel
      @uetzel Před 7 lety +31

      anime must look really shitty to you

    • @lilbihxxx1234
      @lilbihxxx1234 Před 7 lety +17

      You are going to have to look at the percentages tonight then.

    • @reddy4play
      @reddy4play Před 6 lety +75

      Red and Blue literally cannot be mixed up, unless you're one of the 0.01% of black-white colour blind people. Even then, blue would be darker and red would be lighter. Something's fishy here.

    • @liquidmantle
      @liquidmantle Před 6 lety +4

      Blue states and green states

  • @hijack69
    @hijack69 Před 7 lety +3389

    But this year its Blue and Orange

    • @GentlemanWiz
      @GentlemanWiz Před 7 lety +38

      if being orange is a crime...

    • @theimmortal4718
      @theimmortal4718 Před 7 lety +77

      no its red and gray, since hillary is dying

    • @theimmortal4718
      @theimmortal4718 Před 7 lety +58

      you're right. orange and grey

    • @doctorwrm
      @doctorwrm Před 7 lety +38

      Yes, because minor medical issues are the real reason why Clinton shouldn't be president.

    • @101jir
      @101jir Před 7 lety +13

      This year is orange and black: orange for a criminal, black for fascism.

  • @TheRealSyncRow
    @TheRealSyncRow Před 7 lety +2816

    Thought that blue in 1972 was green?

    • @spaceunicorn
      @spaceunicorn Před 7 lety +177

      I'm paranoid that I'm colorblind now

    • @CostaLara
      @CostaLara Před 7 lety +60

      Alabama is like that dress.

    • @lolpauve
      @lolpauve Před 7 lety +25

      Well I have red/green colorblindness (the most common one, found with 6-8% of European males) and I see it as green so it's not out of the question. It's very mild though.

    • @Tsskyx
      @Tsskyx Před 7 lety +83

      It's the quality of the image. Remember that TV colors weren't so sharp back in 1972.

    • @Lius525
      @Lius525 Před 7 lety +4

      Jesus christ it's blue dress again all over again isn't it?

  • @ThePowerofJames
    @ThePowerofJames Před 3 lety +708

    The rest of the world: Metric, celcius, and Liberals are red Conservatives are blue
    The US: We do it right, the rest of you are wrong

    • @kiwikiwi2483
      @kiwikiwi2483 Před 3 lety +34

      Not every country need to be the same

    • @Cnut_the_grape
      @Cnut_the_grape Před 3 lety +28

      It's just colours lad

    • @misterlee6770
      @misterlee6770 Před 3 lety +21

      Also in Korea, democratics are blue and conservatives are red.

    • @alejandroibanez5110
      @alejandroibanez5110 Před 3 lety +4

      Here in Colombia conservative is blue and liberal is red

    • @sujalparad5483
      @sujalparad5483 Před 3 lety +2

      In India, we have BJP(Bhartiya Janta Party), Indian National Congress, Shiv Sena.

  • @AniPlayFilms
    @AniPlayFilms Před 7 lety +757

    in Canada, it's the opposite. red means liberals and blue means conservatives. and orange means socialist

    • @1h3art_mys3lf-
      @1h3art_mys3lf- Před 6 lety +135

      Lmao and America is quickly falling behind

    • @CortoMalteaser
      @CortoMalteaser Před 6 lety +162

      techn0vids Canada is in much better condition than the us, we have much lower poverty and better healthcare, as well as affordable university and we aren't governed by a sicko, this is all socialist traits combined with capitalism. In America there's huge gun crime, poverty and people die without healthcare all the time because of greedy corporations.

    • @CortoMalteaser
      @CortoMalteaser Před 6 lety +47

      The young Republican orange is the Ndp party, a party slightly more liberal than the liberals, but there's nothing wrong with being socialist.

    • @CortoMalteaser
      @CortoMalteaser Před 6 lety +65

      Matt G ironic how everything you just said was wrong. Canada has better healthcare and almost nobody dies due to lack of it. In America there's gun crime and tons of poverty, and you all get screwed by large corporations

    • @sidewalkalfletcher1360
      @sidewalkalfletcher1360 Před 6 lety +19

      In America orange means criminal

  • @TheAnthraxBiology
    @TheAnthraxBiology Před 7 lety +770

    Nearly every other country has Left red, Right blue. Why must you be different?!

    • @TheHappyHuntsman
      @TheHappyHuntsman Před 7 lety +165

      We think we are special

    • @tremolo2109
      @tremolo2109 Před 7 lety +25

      "Other" country? What?

    • @littlemisscupcake9280
      @littlemisscupcake9280 Před 7 lety +158

      We're also the same country that uses pounds and fahrenheit.. ah america.. rip

    • @tannerdavis212
      @tannerdavis212 Před 7 lety +72

      As I'm sure you know, red has often been associated with communism, and left-leaning TV networks in America probably don't want to associate the Democratic party with communism by using red. I don't think that it was to set ourselves apart from other countries. It is very puzzling, though.

    • @stevenjohnson5165
      @stevenjohnson5165 Před 7 lety +30

      It's the same thing in my country (Macedonia) the Conservatives(Right-Wing) use red while the Social-Democrats(Left-Wing) use blue I'm not exactly sure why this is the case.

  • @TacticalSpray
    @TacticalSpray Před 7 lety +2334

    Interesting and ... yet non political? well done, nice.

    • @TacticalSpray
      @TacticalSpray Před 7 lety +179

      i meant in terms of bias.. It was not "another reason why we hate the republicans" it seemed reasonably neutral...

    • @JimCullen
      @JimCullen Před 7 lety +123

      Non-partisan is probably a less ambiguous term you could have used.

    • @TacticalSpray
      @TacticalSpray Před 7 lety +49

      Yes I could have made that a bit clearer you are right.

    • @TheSunlitLeaf
      @TheSunlitLeaf Před 7 lety +35

      I think we all knew what you meant to say. And I agree, it was refreshing.

    • @TacticalSpray
      @TacticalSpray Před 7 lety +7

      *****
      because its the internet bro no hard feelings.

  • @TheJRSvideos
    @TheJRSvideos Před 2 lety +99

    The rest of the world: “Red is left, blue is conservative.”
    USA: “RED FOR REAGAN!”

  • @mz9791
    @mz9791 Před 7 lety +674

    Am I blind or was that green

    • @ninja.saywhat
      @ninja.saywhat Před 7 lety +12

      and i thought i was color blind there for a second

    • @joedittmann5377
      @joedittmann5377 Před 6 lety

      It looks like yellow to me

    • @nexus1g
      @nexus1g Před 6 lety +11

      1:07, it's blue and 1:09, it's green (really more of a teal since there is still some blue in there). Probably just degradation of the celluloid. In the close-up image, you can also see the states being more orange than red but the legend is clearly red. You're not blind.

    • @nexus1g
      @nexus1g Před 6 lety +3

      Joe, you may have deuteranomaly color blindness. It's a difficulty in seeing green. The colors are green majority with an ever so slight blue. There's no yellow.

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko Před 6 lety +3

      Nope, that was very much greenish. I suspect it was originally blue, though.

  • @PabloBatistaArq
    @PabloBatistaArq Před 7 lety +703

    this is just like the history of the "blue is for boys and pink is for girls" thing. It's just a recent, made-up, wierd thing

    • @SuperRat420
      @SuperRat420 Před 7 lety +78

      Pretty much, yes, recently.
      Even in the 19th century, pink was a color for boys. And it didn't flip like a switch come the 20th.

    • @SuperRat420
      @SuperRat420 Před 7 lety +3

      ***** Problem is you really can't have one without the other.
      No real reason to differentiate in the first place. If there really is a significant difference due to sex, it'll be made apparent though design.

    • @TheSunlitLeaf
      @TheSunlitLeaf Před 7 lety +65

      Ugh, the colours for kids thing! I hate it! When my daughter was little, her favourite colour was red. It is so hard to find red clothing for little girls. I had to look in the boys section and most of that had stuff on it like "handsome like Daddy!" Even now, when she's 5, we shop in the boys' section as well as the girls' because she loves Thomas the Tank Engine and Paw Patrol and Star Wars, none of which can be found in the girls section. And just try to find a dinosaur shirt aimed at girls! On the other hand I have my sister fighting tooth and nail to keep her little boys from ever wearing colours she considers to be girly, and buying presents for them is scary because I never know what normal toy is going to be too feminine for her taste. I say, let's let colours be colours, clothes be clothes, and toys be toys. Life's just too short to worry about crap like this!

    • @TheSunlitLeaf
      @TheSunlitLeaf Před 7 lety +24

      lol we got tired of our baby girl being called a baby boy, so we put her in more pink than I really liked. People still walked up and asked what "his" name was and "how old is he?" Since then I haven't given a darn. lol

    • @jaschabull2365
      @jaschabull2365 Před 7 lety +3

      Though according to another Vox video, this is even more recent than gendered colours, which apparently is mainly ultimately because First Lady Eisenhower liked pink.

  • @Richie_P
    @Richie_P Před 7 lety +779

    Up until election night, 2000, I had always imagined the republican party as blue and the democratic party as red, precisely because red is the color of leftism. I remember looking at the Bush-Gore election map and being like, "What the hell? They got the colors backwards!"

    • @brettduch
      @brettduch Před 7 lety +45

      In Canada the Liberals (left) are red and the Conservatives (right) are blue.

    • @maxwellerickson7066
      @maxwellerickson7066 Před 7 lety +30

      Democrats are almost defined by their support for personal liberty (liberal social policy) and government-heavy economics, compared to restrictive personal choice (conservative social policy) and economic minimalism for the Republicans. I'm not sure where you're coming from but it's all right if you were just confused.
      Also, the Republicans are on the left? That's an odd statement. No civilised nation has a more far-right socially conservative party on such a scale. You seem to be saying that everything more progressive than fascism is on the left.

    • @Tyke91
      @Tyke91 Před 7 lety

      As a Canadian and a satanic atheist, I question your assertion that I live in a theocracy.

    • @Tyke91
      @Tyke91 Před 7 lety +1

      ... The current Primate of the anglican church in Canada is Fred Hiltz, our current Prime Minister is Justin Trudeau. Our current queen is Elizabeth II. The Archbishop of Canterbury (The closest thing that the anglican church has to a pope) is Justin Welby.
      10/10 troll, no sarcasm. Well done.

    • @Tyke91
      @Tyke91 Před 7 lety +1

      ***** lol. Elizabeth couldn't give a rat's ass about imposing theocratic power on Canada. Her job is to be the metaphorical personification of the State, similar to the land that it is built upon. It is in her job description to be politically neutral. If you don't know this, you know even even less about our country than I thought you did.
      If the queen were to apply political power to Canada, she would do it through her Governor General - not through the Anglican Church of Canada. The Anglican Church would exert its power through the Primate or the Archbishop of Canterbury, the queen has nothing to do with their day to day business. It's almost like you're confusing symbolic figureheads with actual statesmen.
      Furthermore, it's impossible for an abrahimic theology to exist in a state with religious freedom. Commandment #1 is "you shall have no gods before me", and Canadians are allowed to worship (or not worship) any god(s) they desire.
      Your silly "Last Post" shenanigans are just a cop out so that you can leave the conversation on empty assertions and ignorance. You must be a blast to hang out with in real life.

  • @AwesumBear
    @AwesumBear Před 4 lety +73

    I wonder if this helped drive the entire "us" vs "them" mentality that we see in politics today.

    • @amethystblue6355
      @amethystblue6355 Před 4 lety +4

      Kinda sad actually

    • @amethystblue6355
      @amethystblue6355 Před 4 lety +10

      I wish Republicans and Democrats would be open minded for once and actually form a better, more advanced opinion rather than enforcing there own beliefs which would then lead to a better government, economy, and life

  • @gurnawazgill8576
    @gurnawazgill8576 Před 4 lety +58

    In Canada:
    Blue (conservative, right)
    Red (liberal, centre left)
    Orange (social democratic, far left)
    Green (environmental party, slightly farther left)
    Purple (nationalist, far right)

    • @gamingthisera6339
      @gamingthisera6339 Před 4 lety +5

      Purple looks badass

    • @gurnawazgill8576
      @gurnawazgill8576 Před 4 lety +2

      Original never heard of that. Are you talking about the separatist party, cause they are light blue (Quebec) and black (west)

    • @jonaboktr5269
      @jonaboktr5269 Před 3 lety +1

      Gurnawaz Gill this is true (fellow Canadian)

    • @owl2944
      @owl2944 Před 3 lety +1

      the ndp is far from far left

    • @JastwatchingYT
      @JastwatchingYT Před 3 lety

      @@owl2944 Isn't ndp more yellowish?

  • @bonrind
    @bonrind Před 7 lety +286

    Crips vs Bloods

  • @randomcomplex6155
    @randomcomplex6155 Před 7 lety +197

    *♪RED STATE BARBECUE♪*

    • @Actiaeon
      @Actiaeon Před 7 lety +11

      It's actually good barbecue

    • @cranberry7601
      @cranberry7601 Před 6 lety

      Random Complex ayy fellow jacks films watcher

  • @ozyman_dias
    @ozyman_dias Před 3 lety +17

    In Germany:
    Red - Far Left & Social Democrats
    Green - ecological party
    Yellow - Liberals
    Black - Conservatives
    Blue - Far Right

    • @mr.anderson2241
      @mr.anderson2241 Před 3 lety +2

      How did the conservatives in Germany end up as black? Is this supposed to be in reference to Prussia?

    • @ozyman_dias
      @ozyman_dias Před 3 lety +2

      @@mr.anderson2241 They didnt choose it as their colour but their opponents chose it for them. Because the Conservatives take religious values serious, like priests who wear black clothes

    • @mr.anderson2241
      @mr.anderson2241 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ozyman_dias ah I see the correlation now that you mention it. Kinda odd since typically the black is more associated with Catholic priests, would expect it to be the colors for like a Bavarian Christian party

    • @bobing1752
      @bobing1752 Před 3 lety +1

      More than 2 parties?? What kind of magic is this???

  • @dabro4963
    @dabro4963 Před 7 lety +159

    America needs a third party desperately.

    • @SnoozeTheRecluse
      @SnoozeTheRecluse Před 7 lety +3

      Why?

    • @xhaanfilms2479
      @xhaanfilms2479 Před 7 lety +23

      They got Green and Liberal, and they have less than 10% of the vote when combined

    • @1980rlquinn
      @1980rlquinn Před 7 lety +42

      The voting system would need a serious revamping for that to ever happen. Even if a third party gains popularity, one of the existing parties would just fade as it all settles back into a two-party system.

    • @dabro4963
      @dabro4963 Před 7 lety +2

      1980rlquinn dint think of that scenario. Interesting take.

    • @Marylandbrony
      @Marylandbrony Před 7 lety +3

      Problem is that two are niche parties with little support beyond there base and people don't have a widely known alternative.

  • @ShizukaRose
    @ShizukaRose Před 7 lety +239

    I noticed politicians also incorporate these colors into their wardrobes. Red ties v blue ties

    • @alcarbo8613
      @alcarbo8613 Před 3 lety +9

      Yes American Politics are increasingly becoming like British Politics when it comes to colors

    • @susanlowy3947
      @susanlowy3947 Před 3 lety +3

      Although Trump wore blue tie and Clinton had red dress.

    • @susanlowy3947
      @susanlowy3947 Před 3 lety +3

      @@goitsimodimomadue8053 Where'd u get that from?

    • @N.A525
      @N.A525 Před 2 lety

      Always dark suits

  • @Olodus
    @Olodus Před 7 lety +624

    Good video. Always wondered this, since in Sweden we use red as the color of our left (parties like the Social Democrats) and blue for our right (conservative parties and the like). As you mentioned in the video I though this was a quite global color scheme. Even though even our right leaning parties would probably be deep deep blue in American eyes.

    • @Legionaairre
      @Legionaairre Před 7 lety +133

      Red is left and blue is conservative (and yellow is liberal/centre) all over the world EXCEPT America for some reason.

    • @that_pac123
      @that_pac123 Před 7 lety +22

      It's like that everywhere that isn't America. In the EU too ofcourse, it's like that in France. It should seem like a blatant contradiction what with conservative America's "better dead than red" slogan. It might have to do with the Democratic and Republican parties doing a complete flip in political orientation, but I haven't watched the video yet, and perhaps after I may know for certain.

    • @Serviss09
      @Serviss09 Před 7 lety +16

      Yep Canada also has Liberal red and Torie Blue.

    • @ylette
      @ylette Před 7 lety +4

      Swedish Social Democrats, aka Swedish Suicidal Democrats.

    • @magnushmann
      @magnushmann Před 7 lety +12

      In Denmark, all parties are very different colors, but when the "blocks" get simplified, red are the social democratic leaning parties and blue are the liberal leaning parties. The conservative parties are usually grouped with the liberal leaning parties, due to the numerous similarities in their policy stances, I guess.

  • @mgriff39
    @mgriff39 Před 2 lety +11

    I started working in television in 1979. One of the first things I remember about election coverage was the guy in the graphics department explaining the two colors he picked for the different parties. I don't remember the two colors but I do remember him explaining that it look different in the grayscale. Back then a lot of people still owned black-and-white televisions and the two colors you pick had to look different in black-and-white...

  • @babyzorilla
    @babyzorilla Před 7 lety +171

    ow my brain, it's learning

    • @zackiechan2601
      @zackiechan2601 Před 3 lety +1

      Thats the liberals for yah

    • @rseestella2296
      @rseestella2296 Před 3 lety +5

      @@zackiechan2601 😂😂 you guys are so desperate, gotta take a shot at the Liberals anytime you get. Don’t you ever get tired of embarrassing yourself?

    • @nooblord1233
      @nooblord1233 Před 3 lety

      @@rseestella2296 fight fire with fire i guess

  • @DizzyWolf01
    @DizzyWolf01 Před 7 lety +95

    This has always been confusing to Brits since, as you say, the red is left (labour) and conservative right is blue

    • @icameherejusttocomment550
      @icameherejusttocomment550 Před 5 lety +7

      DizzyWolf01 And the Lib Dems are yellow. Also, at times, Labour was more right than the Conservative Party (New Labour vs 1960s Tories)

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast Před 5 lety +5

      Not just to us Brits - to everyone else in the world!

  • @thegreatwalrus6574
    @thegreatwalrus6574 Před 7 lety +213

    Red is still liberal in Canada.

    • @daviderenda9211
      @daviderenda9211 Před 7 lety +85

      Also in nearly all the rest of the world

    • @hamzarashad8244
      @hamzarashad8244 Před 7 lety +33

      and blue is conservative

    • @loissimmons109
      @loissimmons109 Před 7 lety +17

      As someone who remembers the maps in the US History textbooks long before color TV was widespread, Republicans were always depicted as the blue states and Democrats as the red states. I also remember commentators referring to Republican or Conservative values and states as being "blue state" and the corresponding "red state" term for Democrat or Liberal values and states. The only thing surprising to me in this video is that it took NBC so long to get the memo to disassociate an increasingly left leaning Democratic Party from the very established symbolism in the culture of red with communism, socialism and liberalism. (And I write this as someone who agrees with the Democratic Party on a number of issues, particularly in the area of Civil Rights and Social Justice.)

    • @every116
      @every116 Před 7 lety +6

      Yeah, I distictly remember back in second grade when we first learned about the political system in clas that Democrats were red and Republicans were blue. as well.

    • @anngan5045
      @anngan5045 Před 7 lety +5

      Fascists like their most extreme example, Hitler, actually taxed rich very low (highest income tax rate 12% when at the same time in Roosevelt's America under New Deal it was over 90%) and their economy was based on huge private corporations like IG Farbenindustrie, which build concentration camps and participated in crimes against humanity for private profit.

  • @insertfunnyhandle77
    @insertfunnyhandle77 Před 3 lety +36

    _could everyone stop talking about politics when this video’s about colors_

    • @beccabrns1723
      @beccabrns1723 Před 3 lety +5

      It's about political colours. What do you expect?

  • @danielcorrigan8805
    @danielcorrigan8805 Před 3 lety +47

    As a Canadian this always confused me. I once thought Republicans were liberal and Democrats were conservatives because of the colours.

    • @fos1451
      @fos1451 Před 2 lety +11

      They used to be

    • @gerardanderson9665
      @gerardanderson9665 Před rokem +3

      @@fos1451 party switch

    • @plpong893
      @plpong893 Před rokem +1

      That was the case until 1920.

    • @thomasedwardharrison2879
      @thomasedwardharrison2879 Před rokem +1

      They were until the 20’s - 30’s

    • @robfromvan
      @robfromvan Před rokem

      This is complicated by the fact that Republican platforms were once considered liberal so now people who are conservative call themselves “classical liberal” which is actually closer to being a liberterian, whereas Democrats favour all kinds of regulatory controls on the economy, which a classical liberal would consider very illiberal.

  • @2HRTS1LOVE
    @2HRTS1LOVE Před 7 lety +47

    I knew I remembered a blue Reagan map from when I was a kid. Thought I was going crazy. Or crazier. Whatever.

    • @2HRTS1LOVE
      @2HRTS1LOVE Před 7 lety +3

      ***** Who are you calling elder?!!? ;) Lol, I was talking about the election with my teenage son, and I told him of the 84 election, when the entire map was blue except for Mondale's home state of Minnesota, and he said, "You mean red?", and at first I thought I'd just mixed it up. But it bugged me, because I remembered that dang blue map, so I had to look it up, and yay! I'm not going senile yet.

    • @brian1206
      @brian1206 Před 7 lety +2

      +OGSpaceCadet He said he's surprised that AN elder didn't tell him this. He's not talking about you.

    • @2HRTS1LOVE
      @2HRTS1LOVE Před 7 lety +3

      Brian Connolly It was a joke. See the winkie and lol? Lighten up, Francis.

    • @therealwewin
      @therealwewin Před rokem

      @@2HRTS1LOVE it was blue. Vox is rewriting history and gaslighting you.

  • @a_little_bird
    @a_little_bird Před 7 lety +3

    love the edits on these videos. they're spectacular and the quality is always top notch. Thanks Vox!

  • @ShamanMcLamie
    @ShamanMcLamie Před 7 lety +20

    I heard the main reason Republicans were given Red is because they both start with the same letter. Democrats were given Blue because that's what was left.

    • @supremeastro5300
      @supremeastro5300 Před 3 lety +2

      nice pun

    • @exyzt9877
      @exyzt9877 Před rokem

      I mean, the actual reason is because the news liked the idea of "Red for Reagan" and that stuck.

  • @darkshadows65
    @darkshadows65 Před 5 lety

    Highly informative, well-researched, and yet not dripping with bias. In fact, not an ounce of bias. I remember when the news was like that. Very nice, well done!

  • @liteyagami6364
    @liteyagami6364 Před 7 lety +67

    When one of Vox's videos about the political system isn't in the least politically charged.

  • @jaschabull2365
    @jaschabull2365 Před 7 lety +23

    "It might seem very strange to see blue used to represent the conservative party."
    Any other Canadians get a chuckle from this?

  • @ramiro041
    @ramiro041 Před 5 lety +1

    3:08 thanks i really needed you to ad that audio comentary, no way i could have figured it out myself

  • @Deborahtunes
    @Deborahtunes Před 3 lety

    Thank you for sharing this. I had heard about the switch, but couldn't find any information on it...

  • @the-sands-of-time
    @the-sands-of-time Před 2 lety +4

    *The logical explanation:* 1:57 Blue has historically represented the Union Army (which was led by a Republican), and red is already associated with left-wing parties around the world.
    *Murica:* 2:52 lol red and reagan both start with the letter "r"

  • @5ab14
    @5ab14 Před 7 lety +21

    Politics? NOW I'M ANGRY

    • @ThZuao
      @ThZuao Před 7 lety +2

      TRIGGERED!!

    • @CouchLock
      @CouchLock Před 7 lety

      IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZAR!!
      BLAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!

  • @LK-dx2oq
    @LK-dx2oq Před 2 lety

    Thank You! This was very interesting.

  • @Dishasareen_
    @Dishasareen_ Před 7 lety

    very informative video. good job!!!!

  • @Germaco
    @Germaco Před 2 lety +6

    In Germany the blues are the AfD ( Alternative for Germany ) which is a right wing party, The reds are the SPD ( Social democratic Party Germany ) which are left wings

  • @itswavo
    @itswavo Před 3 lety +6

    the nostalgia i get when i see how curved, small and low quality TV’s used to be

  • @richardwoodson2171
    @richardwoodson2171 Před 7 lety

    Great Message,!!!

  • @realazduffman
    @realazduffman Před 7 lety +11

    One other reason for red and blue was probably that those colors showed best in early color sets vs. say yellow.

    • @Anonymous-df8it
      @Anonymous-df8it Před 2 lety

      Or, you know, they could have used black vs white which would have shown up even better!

  • @glb0768
    @glb0768 Před 7 lety +42

    I think this shows the sway that media, even in early color television, has on the public. It's really amazing what kind of power those handfuls of news anchors have and practice every day.

    • @memewarveteran2043
      @memewarveteran2043 Před 7 lety

      If you were actually Jesus you wouldn't care the least bit about politics.

    • @glb0768
      @glb0768 Před 7 lety

      HDMI Is Life I mean why wouldnt I care about the fate a nation chooses for itself and how is shapes over time?

    • @chopinbloc
      @chopinbloc Před 7 lety

      Jesus didn't engage in politics but He certainly cared about politics.

    • @memewarveteran2043
      @memewarveteran2043 Před 7 lety

      Jesus Sorry, if your gonna have that name at least try to represent the way he thought.

    • @glb0768
      @glb0768 Před 7 lety +1

      HDMI Is Life just cause yall went to church dont mean you know me

  • @RealGraySkyMusic
    @RealGraySkyMusic Před 3 lety +22

    Red - color of anger & rage
    Blue - color of tranquility & safety

    • @tobyvarhaugvik12
      @tobyvarhaugvik12 Před 3 lety +22

      Red can also mean love and affection, while blue can mean sorrow and loneliness. It really is a matter of personal preference!

  • @lydiawong8238
    @lydiawong8238 Před 5 lety

    So interesting!!

  • @chordcaster
    @chordcaster Před 7 lety +10

    In a curious twist, you can form the word "red" from the letters in "DEmocRat", and "blue" from the letters in "rEpUBLican", although that's the opposite of what the colors represent (so maybe they should switch it?).

  • @mayurkulkarni1990
    @mayurkulkarni1990 Před 7 lety +11

    always so much efforts Vox puts into their content, I wonder why only they got 1M subs

    • @spoof8504
      @spoof8504 Před 7 lety +1

      its because of youtube's algorithm, this content is as exposed to viewers as other channels are

  • @maddie-bw5ue
    @maddie-bw5ue Před 7 lety +6

    Your videos are so aestheticly pleasing
    Why can't I be like that?
    Cries*

  • @jonboybilly
    @jonboybilly Před 7 lety +2

    I love this channel because it provides information and education in an effective and entertaining way. Keep it up VOX!

  • @thejunks3597
    @thejunks3597 Před 7 lety

    one of the best Vox has done in a while without all the damn bias

  • @liamdavis2387
    @liamdavis2387 Před 7 lety +13

    Vox: "What? There are OTHER countries outside of America? I... I need to sit down."

  • @LucasBenderChannel
    @LucasBenderChannel Před 3 lety +6

    It's astounding that the US, with all its media proficiency, didn't have party colors until the turn of the millenium. In Germany the color red has been used by the SPD since the late 19th century. Bascially all our party colors are more than 100 years old, or at least trace their origins back to older iterations of their ideologies. Weird.

  • @greenbutter3190
    @greenbutter3190 Před 3 lety

    Stable video👍

  • @Roxor128
    @Roxor128 Před 7 lety +4

    This makes US politics confusing. You've got the colours the opposite way round from us. In Australia, we're used to seeing the Liberal party (centre-right) in blue and Labour (centre-left) in red.

  • @chraman169
    @chraman169 Před 7 lety +22

    Red means socialist here.

    • @felixfeliciano7011
      @felixfeliciano7011 Před 7 lety +4

      Yep. Often when I hear of people trying to distance themselves from the Republican/Democrat dichotomy they will refer to themselves as "Socially Liberal and Fiscally Conservative."
      It doesn't help that a large number of registered "independents" are often left leaning. This of course is a huge issue for them as they are often forced to vote one way or the other, usually in opposition of the group they fear the most. If they vote Democrat, they are accused of being weak Democrats. If they vote Republican, they are accused of being traitors. Either way, they end up voting against their own interests because the other side ends up being worse for them.
      This is a huge shame for everyone else though as while a large number of Republicans and a smaller but still significant number of Democrats want as little compromise on their issues as possible, the swing voters DO want compromise. That is why top democrats are so conservative, because if they become extreme, they risk losing those left leaning swing voters. Meanwhile the extremely left Democrats have no choice BUT to vote for them anyway. What is their alternative? Vote for the Republicans whom they hate? Cote for a third party that inevitably steals votes from their own side ensuring the Republicans win anyway?
      Its insanity.

  • @liamdavis2387
    @liamdavis2387 Před 7 lety +37

    Oh good, another video on America. Thank god, it's been at least an hour since your last ten videos about America. I was worried we'd have another video about one of the other 200+ countries in the world.

    • @shavonegranville6004
      @shavonegranville6004 Před 7 lety +53

      lmao vox is american. what did you expect liam? what did you expect?

    • @randomguy5990
      @randomguy5990 Před 7 lety +8

      USA USA USA USA

    • @stalpers
      @stalpers Před 7 lety +1

      boo hoo

    • @Ocrilat
      @Ocrilat Před 7 lety +5

      Awesome. Of course, you could start your own channel, and make your own videos on whatever you want...though it's probably easier to cry about America. Please America, fix my problems for me!

    • @ThZuao
      @ThZuao Před 7 lety +37

      What if I told you Vox is an US based news outlet with most of it's audience coming from that country?
      I know, right! My mind was blown too when I figured that out!!

  • @JoJo-xp6wr
    @JoJo-xp6wr Před 3 lety +1

    The outro was great

  • @franticranter
    @franticranter Před 5 lety +7

    What i've always found weird is that i'm from the uk, and i'm used to red being left for labour and blue being right for tories.

  • @springbok4015
    @springbok4015 Před 7 lety +22

    Because red is evil. Duh

  • @imaxdigital7052
    @imaxdigital7052 Před 7 lety +55

    WTF... Thats green, not blue. Don't reply if you saw green, just reply if you saw Blue. Did anyone see Blue???

  • @osipoff444
    @osipoff444 Před 6 lety +5

    A very informative and insightful video by Vox. However, it fell short of explaining why the parties swapped the colors, which kind of contradicts the title. Is it really just because of the "R is for Reagan" thing? Or there's some truth in what some people in the comment section describe as journalists' desire to prevent the Democrats from being associated with the communists?

  • @user-gl3cu4re7j
    @user-gl3cu4re7j Před 3 lety +9

    I always thought Democrats were blue for water. And Republicans were fire.
    Made more sense to me.
    Democrats sometimes put out the fire Y’know?

    • @slugoo6474
      @slugoo6474 Před 3 lety +1

      Or start them lol. 2020 for example.

    • @realsmollbean
      @realsmollbean Před 3 lety +1

      @@slugoo6474 Ok we are done here, please stop leaving your ignorant little remarks about the BLM protests, let me explain. The rioters in the BLM protests are NOT protesters. They are simply selfish beings who look out for themselves in: Stealing from stores, vandalizing for revenge, vandalizing for fun. They do not care about the message at all and simply want for themselves, some might even be Trump supports you never know. So let me be very clear, these are NOT BLM protesters, they are selfish people doing selfish things. It is so embarrassing that BLM is associated with this behavior, so GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.

  • @IvanDankinov
    @IvanDankinov Před 7 lety +6

    All good and interesting
    And then that song ... I lost it ... (rofl)

  • @TheCpHaddock
    @TheCpHaddock Před 3 lety +31

    American exceptionalism: Imperial system instead of metric, use blue for the left-leaning party instead of red and call football soccer!

    • @rhodawatkins4516
      @rhodawatkins4516 Před 3 lety +1

      Our country is different from other countries. And then there's Texas, which prides itself on being even more different than the rest of the country.

    • @jakeweberzwier8655
      @jakeweberzwier8655 Před 3 lety

      @@rhodawatkins4516 and then there's Commifornia😕

    • @thematthew761
      @thematthew761 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jakeweberzwier8655 California is neoliberal

    • @jakeweberzwier8655
      @jakeweberzwier8655 Před 2 lety

      @@thematthew761 there's no difference 😎

    • @thematthew761
      @thematthew761 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jakeweberzwier8655 Communism=Neoliberal? What?

  • @jred7
    @jred7 Před 7 lety

    Wow! That song is dope!

  • @Davey-TheDJ
    @Davey-TheDJ Před 5 lety

    I kinda like that song played at the end!🎧😎

  • @prosamuraigaming1972
    @prosamuraigaming1972 Před 3 lety +3

    Vox:"Alabama is Blue"
    Comments:"Alabama is green"
    *Blue was the imposter*

  • @vortex_master
    @vortex_master Před 7 lety +3

    I'm a liberal in Kentucky, and I must say Red State BBQ is delicious. They name their different sauces after different "Red States." Which also happen to be known for different styles of barbeque, such as Texas, Tennessee, and Carolina.

  • @ojaskanade9048
    @ojaskanade9048 Před 3 lety

    You get my like just for the song!

  • @eazyethan261
    @eazyethan261 Před 2 lety +2

    In England, the Conservative Party uses blue meaning traditional values since years ago, most groups that were traditional wore blue uniforms. The Labour Party uses red because it symbolizes revolution, as seen in the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution

  • @truetuesday4
    @truetuesday4 Před 5 lety +6

    Minnesota isn’t a purple state! We’re the longest running blue state!

  • @NakasDougen
    @NakasDougen Před 7 lety +9

    But didn't parties use colours in campaigns before tv? Did they not have colour schemes ?

    • @garyphilipmcadam
      @garyphilipmcadam Před 7 lety

      Almost certainly! This video assumes the history of politics began in the 70s and existed purely on broadcast news. Strange.

    • @alexanderl8794
      @alexanderl8794 Před 7 lety +20

      The world didn't have color. Everything was monochrome back then

    • @laytonwindust4351
      @laytonwindust4351 Před 7 lety +6

      Of course they did. It's just that red and blue didn't mean Republican and Democrat. Red, white, and blue were just American colors so they were used. I looked at an old McKinnely ad and it was just colored with an american flag. The red and blue just represented that and not the individual parties.

    • @xylophone897
      @xylophone897 Před 7 lety +4

      Alexander L is right. EVERYONE knows the world was black and white, until the 1930s, when everything turned into color.

  • @TheSunlitLeaf
    @TheSunlitLeaf Před 7 lety

    Watching this, I don't feel so bad about never being able to remember what "color" I am or which color I'm hoping my state will turn on the map. I've been watching the news since I was a very small child in the 80s (I remember seeing stuff about Iran Contra when I was 2 2 1/2, for instance) so it's no wonder I'm confused. Maybe this will help me remember! And that Harry Smith performance cracked me up :D

  • @HeatherSpoonheim
    @HeatherSpoonheim Před 7 lety +1

    Thanks for this one - for some reason I just had it in my head that red/blue went back to Carter. Still seems that way, in my head.

    • @alcarbo8613
      @alcarbo8613 Před 3 lety +2

      While technically it it did the First time Republicans where Red and Democrats where Blue was on ABC in 1980 and Carter was President in 1980

  • @MsVilma1970
    @MsVilma1970 Před 2 lety +3

    Glad I'm not the only one who thought the Republicans were blue and the Democrats were red!

    • @johnweber4577
      @johnweber4577 Před 2 lety +1

      It would just make so much more sense if that color association stuck. Lol

  • @deedee7733
    @deedee7733 Před 3 lety +7

    Wish the colours hadn't flipped, makes it difficult for a Brit to follow American politics!

    • @Anonymous-df8it
      @Anonymous-df8it Před 2 lety +1

      At least it's not "(adjectival form of 1/32768" wavelength of light) states" and "(adjectival form of 1/65536" wavelength of light) states" as that would be a nightmare for everyone!

  • @joshtiel2980
    @joshtiel2980 Před 6 lety +1

    It’s funny to hear this because I always thought this was just how it had been since the early years of US politics! I’m pretty sure Canadian politics had been blue conservative and red liberal at least back to the 40’s and at latest 50’s. But I would also blame the brits as well as colour TV lol. I love it guys. Keep it up!

  • @experimental2.372
    @experimental2.372 Před 7 lety +2

    Lol. That early 2000s "Apex" tv

  • @Douglas_Props
    @Douglas_Props Před 3 lety +5

    Wow: that “song” is AWEFUL!!

  • @TreStayCool
    @TreStayCool Před 3 lety +4

    The only time Texas was consistently blue

  • @kaikyc.5072
    @kaikyc.5072 Před 3 lety +1

    0:14 Cave Johnson spittin straight fax

  • @abdul-hameed
    @abdul-hameed Před 4 lety

    The reference to bright side (the CZcams channel) was incredible

  • @jtszabo1691
    @jtszabo1691 Před 4 lety +3

    I’m 33, that explains why I got red and blue mixed up in my teen years lol

  • @foreigncarsrule
    @foreigncarsrule Před 5 lety +3

    Ha ha this is awesome! 😆🤣 I love it. My favorite color is red ironically but my political views are as blue as the ocean for the most part.

  • @1800Supreme
    @1800Supreme Před 7 lety

    You got to love that 60° angle on the Glare BookPro.
    Matte ftw

  • @zerefsunlimitedshipworks

    2:57 That DR hit me in the anime (Dangan Ronpa)

  • @adrianobulla7875
    @adrianobulla7875 Před 4 lety +7

    Blue is associated with conservatives in Europe, and red with the Left.

  • @py8554
    @py8554 Před rokem +3

    Someone once told me Red means Rednecks, and rednecks vote mainly Republican….. I never checked how valid this claim is though…..

  • @serlokbrixe425
    @serlokbrixe425 Před 7 lety +1

    Nice job explaining this! I learned a lot, and no political views were shoved down my throat. Great job!

  • @Pan_Z
    @Pan_Z Před 7 lety +2

    But why did they switch? Having Republicans be blue and Democrats be red made more sense based off the reasons provided in this video

    • @treebear8364
      @treebear8364 Před 7 lety +1

      Blue is more of a calming color while red isn't. So I guess they decided to give democrats that color instead of Republicans.

    • @Pan_Z
      @Pan_Z Před 7 lety +4

      tree bear Blue is a color of nothing changing, like conservatives. Keep things the way they are.
      Red is seen as a radical color, change. Makes more sense for that to be for the liberal party

  • @theretarbconsultant5469
    @theretarbconsultant5469 Před 3 lety +3

    I’m actually happy with the change since both Democrats and Republicans also switched political views

    • @realsmollbean
      @realsmollbean Před 3 lety +3

      Exactly, and it could happen again at anytime.

  • @salhaddaq
    @salhaddaq Před 7 lety +10

    Bless our lord and savior Harambe for making me first

  • @eric8820
    @eric8820 Před 7 lety +1

    Props to Vox for just presenting the information on this video and not any sort of Agenda.

  • @jupitired777
    @jupitired777 Před 4 lety

    i didn't know this was a recent thing

  • @osberswgaming
    @osberswgaming Před 3 lety +3

    5:09 ah yes my favourite purple state, *w a s h i n g t o n*

  • @cam42704
    @cam42704 Před 3 lety +3

    Kind of ironic that blue team means the defensive team in certain fields while the red team are usually the attackers… Perfect example of Jan. 6.

  • @maa1649
    @maa1649 Před 3 lety

    I was most impressed by the singing 🎤 of the television anchorman. That was a ok song 😂

  • @dannmarceau9743
    @dannmarceau9743 Před 5 lety +1

    I remember those good old days, in fact I remember getting color t.v. in 1965.