red state
[red steyt]
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noun U.S. Politics.
a state of the U.S. that usually votes Republican.
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Compare blue state, swing state.
Origin of red state
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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