It’s Time: Change “Republican” Color from Red to Confederate Gray

Here’s something to think about: Is the party that still calls itself “Republican” more aligned with the beliefs of Communists or of Confederates? The time has come to change the standardized color designations of the major American political parties. The prevailing colors are arbitrary and meaningless. An alternative color coding, one that is historically accurate, is available. We should use it. When John Chancellor of NBC began a political color scheme on television studio presidential electoral maps in 1976, as a 2012 Smithsonian Magazine article puts it, <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-republicans-were-blue-and-democrats-were-red-104176297/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">blue was red and red was blue</a>. Viewed through today’s color lens, a map of the 1980 election appears to show that Jimmy Carter defeated Ronald Reagan in a landslide. <a href="https://bobmcelvaine.medium.com/its-time-change-republican-color-from-red-to-confederate-gray-b6aedd630ae1">Learn More</a>