And I would like to add that the media must have opined that the color red made secret socialists look too Commie for the gradual brainwashing of the general public.
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exactly -- it's straight out of Alinsky or Cloward and Piven --
cause a mess, and then offer to clean it up ... with
fascism. -- j

I do remember as a kid, there was an expression: "Better dead than red." My understanding of the meaning was that the "red" here was equal to being a communist, like the name of "Red China" with its red flag's background. Later in life, I remember someone telling me that "blue is the primary marketing color" which also made sense to me. And on the status lights on machines which we sell for use in Europe, the only use of a red light is to indicate danger or trouble.

The democrats are not all dummies, and certainly their ring leaders aren't. I think the decision to take the blue color for themselves was a conscious decision, and probably choosing the only "good" one available from red, white, and blue.

Obviously if the Republicans chose to call themselves the "white states", that wouldn't work. That leaves "red" which is exactly what the democrats wanted: ironic falsehood.

if I go looking at old campaign posters, you can't tell. IT's like they are a blend of red and blue. It does seem like this stemmed out of the 2000 election. and republicans seemed ok with it. There are plenty of pundit websites which embrace the association. I was reading an Ayn Rand essay where she referred to communists as "Pinks." or "pink-o" that's not red, so what is it referencing?

Yes. There's a clearer divide between cities and the countryside. It's like asking if a state is urban or rural.

"In my backward state of AR the voting machines had Democratic Party for the democrats. I made a comment about this and of course the older folks said vote. So I did making sure it was not democrat."
Apologies, but I am not sure I understand this statement. Can you re-phrase for me?