"Blue States"

(noun)

A state in the United States voting Democratic in a given election or tending to vote Democratic in general.

Related Terms

Examples of "Blue States" in the following topics:

  • Red States vs. Blue States

    • The terms "red state" (Republican-voting) and "blue state" (Democratic-voting) were standardized during the 2000 US presidential election.
    • The terms have been expanded since 2000 to differentiate between conservative-leaning states, depicted in red, and liberal-leaning states, depicted in blue.
    • Despite the nearly nationwide acceptance of Republican red states and Democratic blue states, the paradigm has come under criticism.
    • Another criticism of the red state-blue state paradigm is that it has not been entirely predictive of how states will vote.
    • News media frequently display maps in blue, red, and purple to indicate primarily Democratic-voting states, Republican-voting states, and middle ground states.

  • Oxidations & Reductions

    • Carbon atoms may have any oxidation state from –4 (e.g.
    • Fortunately, we need not determine the absolute oxidation state of each carbon atom in a molecule, but only the change in oxidation state of those carbons involved in a chemical transformation.
    • In the hydrolysis reaction of a nitrile shown above, the blue colored carbon has not changed its oxidation state.
    • Carbon atoms colored blue are reduced, and those colored red are oxidized.
    • In the following equation and half-reactions the carbon atom (blue) is reduced and the magnesium (magenta) is oxidized.

  • Mechanistic Background

    • Both the ground (lowest energy electronic state) and excited states are shown as energy profiles populated by vibrational energy states (green lines) as well as rotational states (not shown).
    • Overall bonding in an excited state is usually lower than in the ground state.
    • The excited state may return to the ground state by emitting a photon (light blue line).
    • Each electronic state will have a group of vibrational (and rotational) states, depicted by light blue lines above each state marker.
    • Such states have a single energy state in an applied magnetic field, and are called singlets.

  • Properties of Sulfur

    • Sulfur burns with blue flame, is insoluble in water, and forms polyatomic allotropes.
    • Sulfur burns with a blue flame, concomitant with formation of sulfur dioxide, notable for its peculiar suffocating odor.
    • The magnitude of the figures is caused by electron transfer between orbitals; these states are only stable with strong oxidants such as fluorine, oxygen, and chlorine.
    • Sulfur burns with blue flames and forms blood-red liquid when it melts.

  • Copper

    • Copper is a ductile metal that conducts heat and electricity and forms a rich variety of compounds with oxidation states +1 and +2.
    • Copper forms a rich variety of compounds with oxidation states +1 and +2, which are often called cuprous and cupric, respectively.
    • Adding aqueous sodium hydroxide causes the precipitation of light blue solid copper (II) hydroxide.
    • Copper (II) acquires a deep blue coloration in the presence of ammonia ligands.
    • List the names for the two oxidation states of copper most commonly encountered.

  • The Blues Scale

    • Blues scales are closely related to pentatonic scales.
    • (Some versions are pentatonic. ) Rearrange the pentatonic scale in Figure 4.68 above so that it begins on the C, and add an F sharp in between the F and G, and you have a commonly used version of the blues scale.
    • Listen to this blues scale: http://cnx.org/content/m11636/latest/BlueScale.mid.

  • The Blues Progression

  • Visualizing Domain and Range

    • As stated in a previous section, the domain of a function is the set of 'input' values $(x)$ for which the function is defined.  
    • The blue N-shaped (inverted) curve is the graph of $f(x)=-\frac{1}{12}x^3$.  
    • Therefore, the range for the graph $f(x)=x^{2}$, is $\mathbb{R}$ except $y< 0$, or simply stated: $y \geq 0$.  
    • The graph of $f(x)=x^2$ (red) has the same domain (input values) as the graph of $f(x)=-\frac{1}{12}x^3$ (blue) since all real numbers can be input values.  
    • The range of the blue graph is all real numbers, $\mathbb{R}$.

  • Blue Water Imperialism

    • The dominant 17th- and 18th-century British ideology of blue water imperialism was founded on the values of commerce and freedom—for some.
    • Broadly, blue water imperialists aimed to use the power of the metropole to enforce the proper conditions that would allow for commercial and maritime expansion.
    • Furthermore, Catholicism was the traditional state religion of Spain and France—nations that, according to British liberals, were traditionally ruled by authoritarian, despotic, monarchical power.
    • Blue water empire ideology also hinged on the expansion of international commerce and national wealth.
    • Since trade was to be international and mutually beneficial to all Atlantic nations and colonies, blue water empire was thus a maritime project.

  • Cyanobacteria

    • The cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green bacteria, are a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis.
    • Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green bacteria, blue-green algae, and Cyanophyta, is a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis.
    • These can have the appearance of blue-green paint or scum.
    • The cells in a hormogonium are often thinner than those found in the vegetative state, and the cells on either end of the motile chain may be tapered.
    • Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green bacteria, blue-green algae, and Cyanophyta, is a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis