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Obama - Red States Reverse Elec Map Bumper Sticker by monkeyclown

Did you ever wonder how Red became the color for the Right and Blue for the Left? Doesn't this seem to defy common sense? Traditionally speaking, Red has always meant left and Blue right. Well, the whole Red/Blue State thing is a recent invention and it only started to appear during the 2000 election. Up until that point, the media used all sorts of colors (not just blue and red) to represent the candidates in elections and it varied by network. Among other races, in 1980 and 1984, NBC used Blue for Reagan and Red for the Democratic candidates. NBC News Anchor David Brinkley said during the 1980 election, "It's beginning to look like a suburban swimming pool" as Reagan won state after state and the map got bluer and bluer. Time referred to the election map that year as "Lake Reagan." This bumper sticker shows the 2008 election map as it should look with Blue being restored to its rightful place and the Obama states Communist Red.

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Did you ever wonder how Red became the color for the Right and Blue for the Left? Doesn't this seem to defy common sense? Traditionally speaking, Red has always meant left and Blue right. Well, the whole Red/Blue State thing is a recent invention and it only started to appear during the 2000 election. Up until that point, the media used all sorts of colors (not just blue and red) to represent the candidates in elections and it varied by network. Among other races, in 1980 and 1984, NBC used Blue for Reagan and Red for the Democratic candidates. NBC News Anchor David Brinkley said during the 1980 election, "It's beginning to look like a suburban swimming pool" as Reagan won state after state and the map got bluer and bluer. Time referred to the election map that year as "Lake Reagan." This bumper sticker shows the 2008 election map as it should look with Blue being restored to its rightful place and the Obama states Communist Red.
created by monkeyclown (11/25/2008 8:41 PM)

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Alleycatshirts said 7/21/2009

lol this is clever! 5/5 and congrats on your latest sale of this.

RepublicansRockUS said 2/2/2009

This is brilliant!

You know, I thought they used to switch the color each election cycle, and was confused, when from 2000 to present, it has remained the same. Thanks, I am no longer confused! Just yet another media trick to make republicans look like radicals, when we know it's just the opposite!

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