system
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human
ELI5: Why is red the republican color in the US when it's the symbol of socialism in the rest of the world?

In a lot of countries right wing politics are blue and left wing are red.
gpt
In the 2000 election, most major news networks used maps where states that George Bush won were red and states that Al Gore won were blue. The 2000 election coverage dragged on for a long time, so by the end of it, people associated those colors with the parties of each candidate.

Contrary to what a lot of people seem to think, this was *not* a thing before the 2000 election. Red was the color of socialism as much as in any other part of the world, and neither Republicans nor Democrats had a standard color.