yellow state

yellow state

A US state strongly influenced by the Libertarian Party. This will never be a yellow state—the Libertarians are just not as entrenched here as the Democrats and Republicans.
See also: state, yellow
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • red state
  • lap of the gods
  • green state
  • in good/poor/etc. state of repair
  • regress
  • regress to
  • regress to (something)
  • be in a sorry state
  • relapse
  • relapse into
References in periodicals archive
These modes also stress simplicity-green states are "active," meaning something is going on, and yellow states are "wait" states that need a command to continue, whether automatically from the system or manually from an operator.
Yellow states are considered Reduced Practice states where state laws reduce the ability of APRNs to engage in at least one element of APRN practice and requires a collaborative agreement with a physicians in order to provide patient care.
Yellow states, only a few, showed a fairly stable number of species.