blue state

Examples of blue state in the following topics:

• Red States vs. Blue States

  • The terms "red state" (Republican-voting) and "blue state" (Democratic-voting) were standardized during the 2000 US presidential election.
  • The terms have been expanded since 2000 to differentiate between conservative-leaning states, depicted in red, and liberal-leaning states, depicted in blue.
  • Despite the nearly nationwide acceptance of Republican red states and Democratic blue states, the paradigm has come under criticism.
  • Another criticism of the red state-blue state paradigm is that it has not been entirely predictive of how states will vote.
  • News media frequently display maps in blue, red, and purple to indicate primarily Democratic-voting states, Republican-voting states, and middle ground states.

• Socioeconomic and Racial Demographics

  • The conservative, agrarian midwestern states tend to vote with these Southern states, in alliance against the more liberal, urban voters on the east and west coasts.
  • This red-state blue-state divide can be more accurately explained by looking at urban and rural voting.
  • For example, in the 2008 elections, even in "solidly blue" states, the majority of voters in most rural counties voted for Republican John McCain, with some exceptions.
  • In "solidly red" states, a majority of voters in most urban counties voted for Democrat Barack Obama.
  • This map of the different party strength in the 2004 Presidential Election (red states voted Republican and blue states voted Democrat) demonstrates the relationship between political socialization and geography.

• The International Monetary Structure

  • The Bretton Woods system was the first example of a fully negotiated monetary order intended to govern monetary relations among independent nation-states.
  • Others also claim that, because of the disproportionate economic power of the United States, allies of the United States are able to receive bigger loans with fewer conditions.
  • This map depicts the member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
  • Dark green states are members; light green are members of the EU and thus members of the WTO as well; blue states are observer states; and gray states have no official interaction with the WTO.
  • Explain the role played by the United States over the history of the international monetary structure

• Arbitration

  • Arbitration has been used for centuries for the resolution of disputes between states and state-like entities.
  • The 1899 and 1907 Hague Conferences addressed arbitration as a mechanism for resolving state-to-state disputes, leading to the adoption of the Hague Conventions for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes.
  • In recent years, international arbitration has been used to resolve a number of disputes between states or state-like entities, thus making arbitration an important tool in modern foreign policy.
  • Blue is the border as was claimed by the United States, red is the border as was claimed by Canada.
  • These states are parties to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (the green states signed on to the 1907 agreement and the blue ones to the 1899 agreement).

• The National Party Organization

  • These two parties have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and have controlled the United States Congress since at least 1856.
  • In the United States, one can often become a "member" of a party merely by stating that fact.
  • For example, a 2011 USA Today review of state voter rolls indicates that registered Democrats declined in 25 of 28 states.
  • Logo of the Democratic Party of the United States.
  • Light blue D inside a darker blue circle.

• The Two-Party System

  • These two parties have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and have controlled the United States Congress to some extent since at least 1856.
  • The winner–takes–all principle applies in presidential elections, thus if a presidential candidate gets the most votes in any particular state, all of the electoral votes from that state are awarded to the candidate.
  • Compared to the United States' two-party system, the most common form of democracy is the British multi-party model.
  • Blue: Democrat Red: Republican.
  • Discuss the historical origins of the two-party system in the United States and its advantages and disadvantages

• The Democratic Party

  • The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States along with the Republican Party.
  • The party has the lengthiest record of continuous operation in the United States and is one of the oldest political parties in the world.
  • The party favored states' rights and strict adherence to the Constitution; it opposed a national bank and wealthy, moneyed interests.
  • The Blue Dog Coalition, a caucus of fiscal and social conservatives and moderates, forms part of the Democratic Party's current faction of conservative Democrats.
  • Since election night in 2000, the color blue has become the identified color of the Democratic Party, all major broadcast television networks used blue for Democrat Al Gore.

• The Rights of the Accused

  • Prohibiting blacks from attending plays or staying in inns was "simply a private wrong," provided, of course, that the state's law saw it as a wrong.
  • First-generation human rights, often called "blue" rights, deal essentially with liberty and participation in political life.
  • They are fundamentally civil and political in nature, as well as strongly individualistic: They serve negatively to protect the individual from the excesses of the state.
  • United States criminal procedure derives from several sources of law: the baseline protections of the United States Constitution, federal and state statutes, federal and state rules of criminal procedure (such as the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure), and state and federal case law either interpreting the foregoing or deriving from inherent judicial supervisory authority.
  • The United States Constitution, including the United States Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments, contains provisions regarding criminal procedure.

• Service to Constituents

  • Senators often choose a different specialty from that of the other senator from their state to prevent overlap.
  • All major Republican geographic constituencies are visible: red dominates the map, showing Republican strength in the rural areas, while the denser areas (i.e., cities) are blue.

• Forms of Government

  • Forms of government are categorized by the power source and power structure of any given state.
  • Government is the means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for determining the policy of the state.
  • Government is the means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for determining the policy of the state.
  • States are served by a continuous succession of different governments.
  • Blue represents full presidential republics, while green and yellow are presidential republics with less powerful presidents.