Karina Lipsman - why are her signs blue?

[Anonymous]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I keep seeing Karina Lipsman yard signs in VA and because they are blue I assumed she was a democrat. But I finally googled and she’s a Republican! Why are all her yard signs blue?

[Anonymous]

You are shocked that a Republican is being duplicitous? These are the kind of tactics that the GOP resorts to in this day. I bet she has red signs in areas that are more conservative leaning.

[Anonymous]

Those colors aren't actually the official colors of either party (they've only been in current use since the 2000 election). You're probably right that a Republican running in a heavily Democratic area wouldn't mind if people thought she was a Democrat... but it's not like Democrats have to use blue and Republicans have to use red.

Wikipedia has the recent history of the TV networks and their colorful maps:

Since the 1984 election, CBS has used the opposite scheme: blue for Democrats, red for Republicans. ABC used yellow for Republicans and blue for Democrats in 1976, then red for Republicans and blue for Democrats in 1980, 1984, and 1988. In 1980, when John Anderson ran a relatively high-profile campaign as an independent candidate, at least one network provisionally indicated that they would use yellow if he were to win a state. Similarly, at least one network would have used yellow to indicate a state won by Ross Perot in 1992 and 1996, though neither of them did claim any states in any of these years.

By 1996, color schemes were relatively mixed, as CNN, CBS, ABC, and The New York Times referred to Democratic states with the color blue and Republican ones as red, while Time and The Washington Post used the opposite scheme.[15][16][17] NBC used the color blue for the incumbent party, which is why blue represented the Democrats in 2000.

[Anonymous]

Are we voting by sign color now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those colors aren't actually the official colors of either party (they've only been in current use since the 2000 election). You're probably right that a Republican running in a heavily Democratic area wouldn't mind if people thought she was a Democrat... but it's not like Democrats have to use blue and Republicans have to use red.

Wikipedia has the recent history of the TV networks and their colorful maps:

Since the 1984 election, CBS has used the opposite scheme: blue for Democrats, red for Republicans. ABC used yellow for Republicans and blue for Democrats in 1976, then red for Republicans and blue for Democrats in 1980, 1984, and 1988. In 1980, when John Anderson ran a relatively high-profile campaign as an independent candidate, at least one network provisionally indicated that they would use yellow if he were to win a state. Similarly, at least one network would have used yellow to indicate a state won by Ross Perot in 1992 and 1996, though neither of them did claim any states in any of these years.

By 1996, color schemes were relatively mixed, as CNN, CBS, ABC, and The New York Times referred to Democratic states with the color blue and Republican ones as red, while Time and The Washington Post used the opposite scheme.[15][16][17] NBC used the color blue for the incumbent party, which is why blue represented the Democrats in 2000.

And the red/blue assignment stuck because of the drawn-out process of deciding the 2000 election, which meant that the maps were in the media for a lot longer, and people began to speak of "red" and "blue" states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I keep seeing Karina Lipsman yard signs in VA and because they are blue I assumed she was a democrat. But I finally googled and she’s a Republican! Why are all her yard signs blue?

You vote by color of a candidate signs? Talk about low information/intelligence Democratic voters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are we voting by sign color now?

It is easier to teach colors than civics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I keep seeing Karina Lipsman yard signs in VA and because they are blue I assumed she was a democrat. But I finally googled and she’s a Republican! Why are all her yard signs blue?

You vote by color of a candidate signs? Talk about low information/intelligence Democratic voters.

Political parties around the world use colors as part of their branding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_colour). Questioning why a candidate would buck that trend isn't any more "low intelligence" than asking questions if Pepsi suddenly started using red bottles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I keep seeing Karina Lipsman yard signs in VA and because they are blue I assumed she was a democrat. But I finally googled and she’s a Republican! Why are all her yard signs blue?

she's really testing the "blue no matter who" idea.

[Anonymous]

The 8th is the most liberal district in VA (even more so after the last redistricting) and no Republican will win there against Beyer.

[Anonymous]

I read the whole thing as why are Karina's lips blue? I came in to find out if she's okay. Apparently she's not ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The 8th is the most liberal district in VA (even more so after the last redistricting) and no Republican will win there against Beyer.

True. Beyer is probably going to beat her 80-20 in this current environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read the whole thing as why are Karina's lips blue? I came in to find out if she's okay. Apparently she's not ok.

She's not ok. Definitely don't vote for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I keep seeing Karina Lipsman yard signs in VA and because they are blue I assumed she was a democrat. But I finally googled and she’s a Republican! Why are all her yard signs blue?

Trump signs are blue.

There are no rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I keep seeing Karina Lipsman yard signs in VA and because they are blue I assumed she was a democrat. But I finally googled and she’s a Republican! Why are all her yard signs blue?

You vote by color of a candidate signs? Talk about low information/intelligence Democratic voters.

Political parties around the world use colors as part of their branding (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_colour). Questioning why a candidate would buck that trend isn't any more "low intelligence" than asking questions if Pepsi suddenly started using red bottles.

That's a legally protected trademark. Apples. Oranges. For the record, Pepsi cans have red on them. Does that mean they are partly Coke?