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red state

[ red steyt ]

noun

U.S. Politics.
  1. a state of the U.S. that usually votes Republican.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of red state1

With reference to the color used on maps in televised coverage of the 2000 U.S. presidential election to show the states won by the Republican candidate
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Representing as he does the non-expansion state of Georgia, he knows that red state governors like his own would be inclined to simply ax the expansion if given a fiscal pretext to hide behind.

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Its $1.2 billion award also matched that of Texas, a red state hub that was safe from the cuts.

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Red state governors and legislators in places such as Wisconsin, Florida and Texas have been openly pursuing this project for years by leaning on their state universities to withdraw tenure protections from faculty members and restrict what they can talk about in class.

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The festival veteran originally from Texas City, Texas, is currently completing a Red State comedy tour with Mary Lynn Rajskub.

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Many of the majority white “red state” and “downscale” “working class” communities that have flocked to Trumpism are not that dissimilar in terms of poverty, lack of upward mobility, limited opportunities, being hurt by globalization/neoliberalism/casino capitalism and other forces as compared to majority Black and brown communities.

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