red state

red state

In U.S. general elections, a state that votes by majority for candidates belonging to the Republican Party. This is a firmly entrenched red state, so Democratic campaigners don't waste a whole lot of time or money trying to persuade us to vote for them.
See also: red, state
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • yellow state
  • lap of the gods
  • in good/poor/etc. state of repair
  • regress
  • regress to
  • regress to (something)
  • be in a sorry state
  • relapse
  • relapse into
  • relapse into (something)
References in periodicals archive
Sans journalist credentials, former teacher and activist Blanc stepped into the fray, embedding himself into the teachers' strike wave in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona, and others who rose up in red states. He interviewed over 100 teachers, organizers, service personnel, students, union staffers, top officials, and superintendents, who, politically, ranged from Trump supporters to liberal trade unionists.
Bullock might be an intriguing candidate in a red state that has a Democratic senator, John Tester.
Here's the thing, though: Before this was a red state, it was a blue state -- with purple splotches.
Jones, however, could provide a model on how to win in a red state.
It's primary time there, and I got a good look at red state politics.
Louisiana is a red state Obama lost in the 2012 elections by more than 17 points.
This leads to my final recommendation: If you live in a blue state, consider relocating to a red state, particularly one that is not complying with Obamacare.
Red State Religion: Faith and Politics in America's Heartland, Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University Press, 488 pages
RED STATE 18 Red State has both flair and wit as three teenagers looking for online thrills with an older woman find themselves at the mercy of Christian extremists in middle America.
As such, the expectation was that for the "next-day" coverage of the law being upheld, red state newspapers would react more critically to the news, and the blue states would offer a more celebratory take.
The bourbon is bottled separately as Red State Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Blue State Straight Bourbon Whiskey, two simultaneous releases of handcrafted bourbon.
Red State (18): Kevin Smith's explosive, disturbing take on religious extremism.
It's the rare movie that lets its villain conflate teenage boys' sexual desires with those of gay men, but there's nothing typical about Smith's Red State. The movie's release has involved a five-week-long, 16-city tour that had the writer-director riding from city to city in a bus to attend Q&As after every sold-out screening (the film is now on Blu-ray and video on demand with a select theatrical release this month).
RED STATE (18) HOW often have you put the TV news on at night and thought to yourself: "The world's gone mad." But then you switch off, go to bed and rise the next day as normal, eager once more to get on with life from within the confines of your own little bubble.
Red State Cert 18, 88 mins Some films are designed to thrill with their explosive content while others seek to reflect the sometimes crazy human world about us.