The thing that irritates me the most about american politics...

why are republicans red and democrats blue... red is the classic color of the political left...

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I cannot recall colours being associated with politics until 2000. And it was the media who started referring to them by colours. They may have actually made a point without realizing it.....blue is the colour one turns when oxygen depleted.