Blue wall (politics)
Blue wall is a term used by political pundits to refer to 18 U.S. states and the District of Columbia that the Democratic Party consistently won in presidential elections between 1992 and 2012. George W. Bush, the only Republican president elected during this time, was able to narrowly win the electoral college in 2000 and 2004 only by winning states outside of the blue wall. The term’red wall’ is less commonly used and refers to states that Republicans have not won in previous election cycles.
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Blue wall is a term used by political pundits to refer to 18 U.S. states and the District of Columbia that the Democratic Party consistently won in presidential elections between 1992 and 2012. George W. Bush, the only Republican president elected during this time, was able to narrowly win the electoral college in 2000 and 2004 only by winning states outside of the blue wall. During the 2016 presidential election, many political pundits speculated that the ‘blue wall’ made Hillary Clinton a heavy favorite to win. However, Republican nominee Donald Trump narrowly achieved victories in the three blue wall states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as well as an electoral vote from Maine, a fourth blue wall state. In the 2020 United States presidential election,. Democratic nominee Joe Biden defeated President Trump by reclaiming Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania for his party.
In 2020, Trump’s lone breakthrough in the \”blue wall\” in 2020 was the one electoral vote, which he again won. The term’red wall’ is less commonly used and refers to states that Republicans have not won in previous election cycles. These states represent significantly fewer electoral votes than theblue wall. But, having fewer votes, it would be theoretically easier for a Democratic presidential candidate to win without breaching it, as had been done in 2012. The blue wall was a Democratic demographic lock on the Electoral College resulting from the Republican Party’s narrowing focus on the interests of white, rural, and Southern voters. States falling behind this blue wall generally included those the Democrats had carried since the 1992 presidential election until the 2016 election.
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