Texas Scorecard by Michael Quinn Sullivan June 24, 2022
It is one thing to let your opponents handle your marketing, it is something else to let them define your agenda. Republicans have allowed Democrats to do both.For decades, Republicans colored the states or districts they won blue, historically identified as the color of liberty. Meanwhile, they colored Democrats’ states and districts a bright red in homage to the left’s communist comrades in the USSR. So, why the flip? And what does it say about the GOP?
In the late 1970s and 1980s, Ronald Reagan’s campaign signs leaned heavy on blue, with patriotic doses of red and white. Jimmy Carter’s signs were green; it seems he, too, wanted to avoid visual association with the commies.
Before I go further, let me be clear: The color used to represent a political party doesn’t actually matter. What does matter is who does the deciding. A political party that allows its opposition to determine its branding has probably already begun ceding control of its agenda.
At some point, Republicans as a national party stopped defining themselves. Rather than advance a proactive agenda, Republicans have adopted a minority-party mindset – even when they are winning and hold legislative majorities. The Grand Old Party has become content with letting the Democrats, the establishment media, and even Hollywood set the political and cultural agenda for our national discussion.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
More:
https://texasscorecard.com/life/colored-red/
