dark blue
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6.3
- adjective
- /dɑrk blu/
- Literature
:
de mayoría demócrata
- In the Chicago map, great swaths of Cook County (pretty much anywhere the CTA goes) are dark blue.
Examples
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I have a Florida permit. Will Georgia-Alabama and all other states colored dark blue honor my permit?
Blog text (6) -
As soon as Mama entered the entrance hall, with its dark blue stucco, she backed out again immediately, although she herself did not know why...
Fiction book (2000) -
All of the dark blue areas are covered in little red dots.
Blog text (24) -
She disappeared into a closet and came back out with a simple dark dress, either very dark blue or black.
Fiction book (1994) -
On the merged map, dense violent-crime areas are shaded dark blue, and Section 8 addresses are represented by little red dots.
Blog text (24) -
Unexpectedly, she was feeling self-conscious in front of this handsome man, so well-groomed and well-dressed, wearing gray pants and a dark-blue cashmere sweater over his lighter blue shirt.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the recent election, many districts classified as dark blue overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic candidate.
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The dark blue areas on the electoral map indicate regions that consistently support the Democratic Party.
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California is known for its dark blue political landscape, as most voters in the state align with Democratic values.
Synonyms
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3.7
About the Democratic Party in the United States
How Democratic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Literally, 'dark blue' is transparently a darker/intensified shade of blue, so the notion of greater 'blueness' can plausibly extend to a stronger affiliation. However, the political meaning relies on the cultural convention that 'blue' = the Democratic Party in the US, which is not derivable from the constituent words alone and may be unknown to many B1 learners, so the relation is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Dark blue in US politics comes from election maps where the colour blue marks Democrats and map makers use a very deep dark shade to show places that strongly support them. So dark blue means an area or group that will 'vote Democratic'.