NBC employees change Nebraska to red in the electoral map of the United States in 2008. All the TV news operations, including NBC News, settled on red for Republicans and blue for Democrats in 2000.

Red states are getting redder. Blue states are getting bluer. Is it any surprise that our politics are getting hotter? An exclusive USA TODAY analysis of the nation's 3,113 counties shows a ...

The designation of colors for specific parties, in this case, red for Republicans and blue for Democrats, is something that is so ingrained in the political arena it is hard to believe that it is ...

You're making a political and cultural statement about the values that a blue state or a red state hold. Amna Nawaz: We should point out, not every governor is delivering this kind of message ...

In 2000, people outside of the political sphere started to refer to GOP states (states won by President George W. Bush) as “red states” and Democrat states (states won by Al Gore) as blue states.

A political gap in optimism about the markets is translating into trading decisions.

The idea of “red states” and “blue states” may feel deeply embedded in the symbolism of US politics, but before 2000 the ...

Patriotism is at a crossroads this year, with many people split about the state of the country six months into Donald Trump’s ...

The Amazon Prime movie “Red, White & and Royal Blue” reflects more than the limits of onscreen political fantasy; it also reveals the lackluster visions of the Democratic Party and its recent ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. Donald Trump’s dominance of the political stage for the past seven years galvanized what ...

Analysis of testing policies nationwide, from the tracking site FairTest, shows a clear red-blue divide between states and schools that mandate scores for admission and those that ignore them.