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Red States + Blue States = Purple Nation

Nov 20th, 2007

The pundits constantly refer to Red States and Blue States, but the reality is that the nation is Purple as illustrated by Robert J. Vanderbei’s maps.

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  1. CRF Blog » Blog Archive » Where do the terms “red state” and “blue state” come from? on March 2nd, 2010 at 7:07 pm:

    [...] one color or the other, and some have suggested that the red and blue political maps really make us a “purple nation.” March 2nd, 2010 in [...]

  2. George Hausner on February 9th, 2013 at 11:34 am:

    I would like to be able to zoom in on the map

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