Political Colours
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Political Colours are colours used to represent a political stance or political ideology. generally, red is for socialism or communism. green for environmentalism, blue for aristocracy or monarchy (as in "blue blooded"), black for anarchism as well as fascism (one could postulate 'flat black' as the tincture of Fascism, and 'gloss black' for that of Anarchism, from the latin "áter" & "negro" respectively, Fascism has the black colour on the shirts while anarchism has black flags and also red, cut diagonaly, anarchism' colour is also red, hence the 'A' letter preferably written in red), white for pacifism (as in the surrender flag), etc.

Specific parties

Canada

• Liberal Party of Canada, red and white
• Conservative Party of Canada, blue with small red maple leaf
• NDP, orange and white

United States

• Democratic Party, blue
• Republican Party, or GOP, red
• Green Party, green.

Due to the nature of the electoral system in the United States, states that are won by Democrats in presidential elections are sometimes called "blue states," while those that vote Republican are "red states."

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