Sentences with phrase «red states blue»

From the Taxpayer Bill of Rights spending limit of the early 1990s to the innovative electioneering that turned the red state blue in 2008, conservatives and liberals alike have used the Centennial State as a laboratory for new ideas to be tested and later replicated across the country.

But it's not just a red state blue state issue.

Red State Blue Plate, Genevieve Gaignard, Smell the Roses at the California African American Art Museum.

Not exact matches

And almost every red state has its islands of blue dots.

They come from cities big and small, and from states blue and red.

Given the state of the country, «Far Cry 5» feels like something made for an alternate reality where mass shootings aren't common, where there isn't a raging culture war between so - called Red and Blue states, where there isn't yet another misinformed scapegoating of violent video games unfolding.

In fact, some have made the argument that the arrival of Amazon could help flip a state from red to blue in future elections.

«There are pretty significant challenges with being a blue city in a red state,» Adler said.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings told CNBC last month at the United States Conference of Mayors that the broader Texas «red state» reputation is an issue, especially given the tech industry's focus on social tolerance, but he stressed that Dallas is «a blue city in a red state,» which has scored 100 on the LGBT Index for the past three years.

So it's not surprising that it's not strictly a blue state / red state thing,» said Frank Sammartino, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center.

Admittedly, 3,000 jobs is peanuts in the U.S. labour market, but, as the chart below shows, the federal layoffs mean that Washington is starting to be a drag on employment growth just as state and local governments are beginning to recover (blue is the federal government; green is state government; red means local government; and private sector employment, excluding farm employees, is orange).

In our Economy category, the second - heaviest weighted in our study at 375 points, the top five is evenly split — five Red States, five Blue States.

Looking at it another way, the average Red State ranked 23rd this year, while the average Blue State finished 30th.

And while Rawlings acknowledged the broader Texas «red state» reputation is an issue, especially given the tech industry's focus on social tolerance, he stressed that Dallas is «a blue city in a red state,» which has scored 100 on the LGBT Index for the past three years.

Our study gives the most weight to Cost of Doing Business because that is the most frequently cited selling point by both Red and Blue states trying to attract and retain companies.

And inside those numbers is news that is both good and bad for both Red States and Blue States.

I DO NOT expect Red state real estate to replicate what Blue State real estate has done over the past 10 + ystate real estate to replicate what Blue State real estate has done over the past 10 + yState real estate has done over the past 10 + years.

I can foresee a BACKLASH against Blue state capital making Red state real estate less affordable for locals.

A rethuglican stimulus will be focused on the blue states that went red and lock them red.

Organizers hosted rallies in large cities, in small towns, in blue states, in deep - red pockets, in places where guns are knitted into everyday life.

There will be a net migration out of Blue states into Red states as more people realize it's a great deal living in Texas if you can get 3X as much for 1 / 3rd the price.

CNN: Do you believe in a red state Jesus or a blue state Jesus?

The red - and - blue state divide is a political hall of mirrors in which we can not connect with each other.

John Dos Passos famously wrote of America as «two nations» of rich vs. poor; in the new version those two nations are made up of blue - state modernists vs. red - state traditionalists.

That won't play in either red state or blue state America.

Picking and being dogmatic creates an us versus them existence that has lead us to a crusades, Holocaust, 9/11, red state / blue state mentality that keeps us in constant seperatness and conflict.

We had a Hurricane that normally runs into Southern Red States skip most of them and slam deep into Blue state country.

Much of the Blue State / Red State divide is over the cultural differences between an industrial and an agrarian society.

Amid the strife of the Culture Wars and the heated partisan divides between Red and Blue states, one thing seems to bring together a great many Americans across both sides of the nation's secular / sacred divide: a deep, abiding sense of amusement and incredulity — if not outright contempt — for purveyors and supporters of the so - called «Prosperity Gospel».

The landscape is changing: Two months ago, experts proclaimed the legalization of gay marriage «a blue state thing,» but the ruling on Utah's same - sex marriage law and similar appeals in Oklahoma and Texas are pushing the issue to red states.

We worship an awesome God in the blue states, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the red states.

We coach Little League in the blue states and, yes, we've got some gay friends in the red states.

He reminded me that the grace I had felt since I became a Christian - felt so fully and so purely - was not relegated to one party or another, to a red state or a blue state, but instead was available to all who sought it.

America divides itself: States, Counties, Districts, Cities, Blocks, Gangs, Red, Blue, Right, Left, Atheist, Jew, Christian, Non -, White, Black, Hispanic, Gun - toting, Peace - loving, Rich, Poor, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...

Our national deficiency in practical science knowledge comes from blue states as well as red.

And the town where the writer of the original email lives - Price, Utah — Is in Carbon County - a solid blue county in a red state.

The seal of the Department of Justice consists of an eagle hovering over the red, white, and blue shield of the United States.

Not to put too partisan a ring on it, but the same article — and the discussion it has prompted — points out that women in the red states are having 12 percent more babies than women in the blue states.

As we continue to introduce The Hungry Planet Burger ™ from coast to coast, we're accepting nominations from friends, family and fans to identify the perfect partners in red states, blue states, and purple states.

Yeah, Georgia voted Republican again, but Atlanta's a blue state within a red state.

The home shirt remains in the club's traditional red colours, but also features yellow and blue detailing to incorporate South Australia's state colours.

Our members have helped move forward paid Family Leave policies in cities, counties and states across the nation, have helped pass affordable childcare policies in red and blue states alike, have also helped advance sick day policies in over a dozen cities and states across the nation, as well.

We watched as the states outlined on the map flipped from white to blue or red.

We chose red, white and blue as a way to discuss some important holidays here in the United States, and why those colors are so significant.

-LSB-...] Michelle Obama has been the public face of the new meal regulations, giving school meal reform a red state / blue state subtext that excites news editors.

-LSB-...] protesting any political efforts to turn childhood obesity into a «Red state / Blue state» issue, perhaps by reminding those in Red states that it's their own children who tend to be at -LSB-...]

But in the real world, sadly, school food reform and childhood obesity are highly politicized (see my 2011 post, «Why is Childhood Obesity a Red State / Blue State Issue?

(See also this 2011 TLT post: «Why Is Childhood Obesity a Red State / Blue State Issue?

The blog Civil Eats recently turned to food expert Marion Nestle to get at the root of this issue, asking her: «How Did Junk Food and Obesity Become a Red State / Blue State Debate?»

Big vs. small government, Blue vs. Red states, the Union vs. the Confederacy: each of these pairings represents different iterations on a recurring theme in the history of American politics.