The terms "red state" and "blue state" emerged during the 2000 U.S. presidential election to describe states that ...

Votes tallied on Election Day tend to favor Republicans in a phenomenon known as the "red mirage," while a so-called blue ...

Vice President Kamala Harris gained wins in several states but by margins much slimmer than those delivered by President Joe ...

A big lead at some point on election night doesn’t always mean a candidate will win. That’s because different places and ...

As Trump saw early leads dwindle in some states, he called for officials to stop counting votes and claimed the remaining ...

Numbers from the Secretary of State's Office show that several California counties flipped from blue in the 2020 election to ...

Former President Donald Trump’s early declaration of victory in 2020 could be tracked back to the “red mirage,” experts say.

Housing prices in key battleground states track much closer to conservative-leaning states than liberal ones, according to ...

In Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) defeated challenger Colin Allred (D). In Ohio Bernie Moreno (R) defeated incumbent Sen. Sherrod ...

Early leads can be misleading due to the order in which different types of ballots are processed and counted in each state.

For Democrats, it was part of the so-called "Blue Wall ... but he lost it in 2020 with 47.84% of the vote while President Biden notched 50.62%. This flips the state back to red.

Mirages can be “red” or “blue” depending on which party ... to increase from 47.3% to 49.3%. Arizona: In 2020, about 70% of the state’s votes — mostly early in-person and early-arrivin ...