blue staten.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbluː steɪt/, U.S.

/ˈblu ˌsteɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., state n.

Etymology: < blue adj. + state n.With reference to the colour used on maps in televised coverage of the 2000 United States presidential election to distinguish the states won by the Democratic candidate, Al Gore, with red being used for the states won by the Republican candidate. The colour designation is an arbitrary one, and indeed the attribution of the two colours had been the reverse in media coverage of various elections prior to 2000.

U.S. Politics.

A. n.

A state (projected to be) won by the Democratic candidate in a presidential election. More generally: a Democratic state; a state which tends to vote Democrat. Cf. red state n. 2.

ΚΠ

2000 CBS News Transcripts (Nexis) 8 May Gumbel: Let's take a look at the fancy map that you've had us make up... Explain it if you would... Crawford: You see Bush in-in red and you see the blue states are-are for Gore.

2000 NBC News: Today Show (transcript) (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Electoral map of the United States shown.) Lauer: The red states we have here, you have going..for George Bush, the blue states for Al Gore.

2004 N.Y. Mag. 9 Aug. 22/2 New York has always felt like a nation apart. In a country that grows ever redder, it is the bluest of blue cities in one of the bluest of blue states.

2008 B. Obama in N.Y. Times (Electronic ed.) 7 May a1 The attempts to play on our fears and exploit our differences,..to slice and dice this country into red states and blue states.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of blue states or their residents; Democratic.

ΚΠ

2001 Time 5 Mar. 67/3 My blue-state commute to New York City.

2001 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 26 Nov. 5 Until 9/11, arguments around the dinner table tended toward mild differences among us blue-state types on such issues as Middle East policy.

2006 ‘B. Allan’ Antiques Roadkill ix. 169 Spare me the ‘Christian’ values. You're red state, I'm blue state, and never the twain shall meet.

2012 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 12 Sept. 8 a Blue-state voters, it turns out, are far less generous with their own money than they are with other peoples' money.

Derivatives

ˈblue stater n. a resident of a blue state.

ΚΠ

2000 OC Weekly 15 Dec. 20 Meanwhile, the blue staters periodically display a similar fascination (and confusion) about what the reds are up to.

2012 Financial Express (Nexis) 25 Sept. The unspoken truth is that, compared to ‘blue-staters’, those who live in red states exhibit less responsibility, on average, in their personal behaviour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue state
释义	blue staten.adj. Brit. /ˈbluː steɪt/, U.S. /ˈblu ˌsteɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., state n. Etymology: < blue adj. + state n.With reference to the colour used on maps in televised coverage of the 2000 United States presidential election to distinguish the states won by the Democratic candidate, Al Gore, with red being used for the states won by the Republican candidate. The colour designation is an arbitrary one, and indeed the attribution of the two colours had been the reverse in media coverage of various elections prior to 2000. U.S. Politics. A. n. A state (projected to be) won by the Democratic candidate in a presidential election. More generally: a Democratic state; a state which tends to vote Democrat. Cf. red state n. 2. ΚΠ 2000 CBS News Transcripts (Nexis) 8 May Gumbel: Let's take a look at the fancy map that you've had us make up... Explain it if you would... Crawford: You see Bush in-in red and you see the blue states are-are for Gore. 2000 NBC News: Today Show (transcript) (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Electoral map of the United States shown.) Lauer: The red states we have here, you have going..for George Bush, the blue states for Al Gore. 2004 N.Y. Mag. 9 Aug. 22/2 New York has always felt like a nation apart. In a country that grows ever redder, it is the bluest of blue cities in one of the bluest of blue states. 2008 B. Obama in N.Y. Times (Electronic ed.) 7 May a1 The attempts to play on our fears and exploit our differences,..to slice and dice this country into red states and blue states. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of blue states or their residents; Democratic. ΚΠ 2001 Time 5 Mar. 67/3 My blue-state commute to New York City. 2001 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 26 Nov. 5 Until 9/11, arguments around the dinner table tended toward mild differences among us blue-state types on such issues as Middle East policy. 2006 ‘B. Allan’ Antiques Roadkill ix. 169 Spare me the ‘Christian’ values. You're red state, I'm blue state, and never the twain shall meet. 2012 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 12 Sept. 8 a Blue-state voters, it turns out, are far less generous with their own money than they are with other peoples' money. Derivatives ˈblue stater n. a resident of a blue state. ΚΠ 2000 OC Weekly 15 Dec. 20 Meanwhile, the blue staters periodically display a similar fascination (and confusion) about what the reds are up to. 2012 Financial Express (Nexis) 25 Sept. The unspoken truth is that, compared to ‘blue-staters’, those who live in red states exhibit less responsibility, on average, in their personal behaviour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.2000
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