Yet again, Americans choose to be the odd ones 🤔

Wait!!! I just had a weird realization. The right is represented by blue in Canada and the left is red?!!!

I was thinking to myself, I follow American politics (not as much as before) but I have no idea what's going on in Canadian politics! I think I should!!

I sat there watching some YouTube videos made by a guy I used to like watching before coming here and I was confused as hell with the colours he was using!!

I had to research it to make sure that I understood it correctly.. only then I discovered that actually everyone uses blue to represent the conservatives except the US 🥔🤔 and so we have a similar situation here like the metric thing? Can someone explain why this became the case? 🥔🤷🏾‍♀️

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LeopoldBloom · M

The US had that color system until around 2000 when the networks started using the current one.

MethDozer · M

@LeopoldBloom not really. It was random before the 2000 election

LeopoldBloom · M

@MethDozer You're correct. I was on my phone and didn't want to write that much. I meant it was codified to red = Republicans and blue = Democrats in 2000.