What is Red states and blue states?
[[File:Red states and blue states of the US based on data from the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential elections.svg|thumb|US presidential elections, since 2012 {{legend|#ff0000|Won by the Republicans in all four elections}} {{legend|#ff8080|Won by the Republicans in three of the four elections}} {{legend|#a000a0|Won by each party twice in the four elections}} {{legend|#80a0ff|Won by the Democrats in three of the four elections}} {{legend|#0000ff|Won by the Democrats in all four elections}}]] When [[Election|elections]] are done in the United States, single US states are classified by their majority. In that context, in a '''blue state''', the majority voted for a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate, in a '''red state''' they voted for a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate. This classification has been in use since the year 2000. If people talk about a red or a blue state outside the context of an election, they refer to the party most people in the state usually support. [[Category:Politics of the United States]] {{Multistub|US|politics}}