Aren't most states really some shade of purple (blue+red)

the winner take all approach of the electoral college votes seems to have creeped into the media and we see all these "red state/blue state" dr seuss ranting, but if a state is even remotely close, it's a good mix of both parties ( i.e. colors) so if they're going to extend that language into anything designed to unify people, they'll all be some shade of purple

unless someone got cheeky and decided the green party got that color already. <G>

I think a good short term fix would be to do away with winner take all policies in the Electoral college. I mean the best solution is to do away with it entirely, but in the short term, this would put a lot more areas in play.

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Some in the media have pointed this out, but let's face it, as a nation we really aren't fond of nuance. (Of course, my state truly is blue.)

if is the same as your avatar, it's more of a perinwinkle on my screen....

one could really rattle cages by pointing out it's become a violet nation....making the women violet femmes

ok...that was bad....sorry

The Red State versus Blue State thing is an artifact of the Electoral College.

It's also a good way to spread disunity--to get like-minded people fighting each other, when they should be working together.

This spoils of war only started leaking into the way we transferred power when Cheney stepped in. Before then, each president promised to bridge the difference between the parties. Not since Bush & Cheney came into office. They don't even disguise their intent.

Cheney said after 2002 when they gained Senate seats that they could do whatever they want because "it was their due."

Bush says he has a mandate when he doesn't and he is only going to heal the wounds by working with those who follow his agenda.

AND proof positive that Bush has shut out half of this country is that he has required loyalty oaths and first amendment corrals anywhere he appears.

That's fine, because isolationism is never a good place from which to rule. They will get progressively more corrupt and it will filter to all the other members of congress who are Republican. Believe me, their decisions will eventually do harm to those dumb rednecks and that's when the tide will turn. So, Purple first, then steel blue, then sky blue.

Combined. California is afforded two senators which make up part of their electoral votes. Those twenty states have 40 senators. I'm not seeing the fairness in representation here; the electoral college is just one example.

I misunderstood your post. sorry.