The easy way to remember this is the three "R"'s - Republican-Right-Red, from which then you can deduce that Democrats are blue.
The red and blue thing came from a news network map during one of the elections when they were showing which states voted which way. Red and blue make a good contrast on color TV.
Blue, particularly dark blue, is often associated with Conservative parties, originating from its use by that party of the United Kingdom.
Red is traditionally associated with socialism and communism.
Thus says wikipedia.
In the United States, since the year 2000, the mass media has begun to associate red with the Republican Party, but the party has not adopted red in any official sense. I personally speculate that the association of red with the Republican party stems from the Democratic party's desire to distance themselves from the association with Socialism and Communism. But that's a conclusion you'll have to make for yourself.
The Republican Party is on the right-wing of the political spectrum.
In the US, Democrats are generally the left party, where Republicans are right.
The Republican Party Platform was formed in 1956, 100 years after the Republican Party was formed. They are the Conservative political party in America.
The Democratic Republican Party didn't actually evolve into a modern day party. The original party was often referred to as just the Republican Party. The modern day Republican Party was named as an homage to the original Republican Party.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party have never been together as a single party.
How did Roosevelt hurt the Republican Party?
Republican Party Reptile was created in 1987.
Right wing, Democrats are left wing and liberals are "far left" and the "far right" of the wing is called the Conservatives.
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The Democratic party is the primary left of center party in the United States. The Republican party (also known as the GOP for Grand Old Party) is the main right of center party.
No, the Labour Party is the dominant left-wing party of the United Kingdom. The dominant right-wing party is the Conservative Party - but their political stance is probably closer to the Democratic Party than the Republican Party. European countries tend to be more left-wing than the US.
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The Prime Minister of Canada is of the Conservative party. In terms of traditional Right-Left leanings, this is closer to a Republican than a Democrat, although more fiscally conservative.
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The Republican Party.
Left wing= Democratic Right wing= Republican
Richard Nixon was a member of the Republican Party.
The Democratic-Republican Party was better known as the Republican Party. The later Republican Party was named to pay homage to this party.
He chose to join the Republican Party