What does the "purple" states represents?

Watching CNN and the political analysts made reference to NC as a purple state 🤔

I'm such an idiot to be asking this question I know. Please don't embarrass me 😓

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Graylight · 51-55, F

You've already gotten the answer here, and don't sweat it. We went from 50 states to red and blue states. Then we introduced purple, pink, light blue and yellow. It's all just the downtime work of media graphic artists. 15 years ago there was no such thing as a wave or red and blue on an election map.