Why did Grover Cleveland believe that red represented the CSA/Democratic Party and that blue represented Lincoln and the Union? I read that he believed that, but I couldn’t find anywhere that explains why blue would represent Lincoln and the Union. His opponent (Ben Harrison) concurred with him IIRC.
The only thing I can think of is that Cleveland and Harrison viewed the CSA as socially democratic (since red represents social democracy) and the Union as monarchistic (which is represented by blue), but that doesn’t really explain it that well. The color of the uniforms doesn’t explain it, because the CSA’s uniforms weren’t red (they were gray IIRC).
Also, what is a “blue anarchist”? I’ve heard the term used before, but can exactly figure out what it means. Would it be an anarcho-capitalist or would it be something else?
Sounds like a bunch of racism to me.
Sorry, couldn’t help myself. 
Because red is obviously superior >.>
The blue stood for “blue bloods” and kind of old money, and things along that line. I forgot what the red stood for. Either way, Red =Republican Blue = Democrat is a very very recent phenomonon. If you look at any history book befor '04 you’ll see all sorts of colors used on those maps.
But what made Lincoln’s Union blue blooded? There were more blue bloods/old money people in the Old South if I’m not mistaken.
I think it is more of an arbitrary “sociological” / political / cultural type term than a “scientific” type term in this case. That is the Republicans are former whigs, Hamiltonians, etc - where as the democrats always had a bit of that Jefferson/ Jackson air about them. The “blue bloods” were seen as more cosmopolitan technocratic industrial and centralizing elitists as opposed to the other side. It is a cultural division - a New Englander or New York banker was more likely to be called a blue blood for whatever reason than a Southern styled “old money” family. As fart as who had more “actual factual” old money type people - The South or the New England, I have no clue, I wouldn’t be surprised on either answer. The North had more people on avg who were richer for longer periods of time though (even discounting slavery).
Red is superior? you’re making me think…mmmmmmm… I’m learning from you guys. thanks…
“Blue blood” originates from the condition of hemophilia that was common among European nobility during the 19th century. This tended to make the blue veins under the skin more visible, and caused the skin to look bluish. The Spaniards at the time even made the absurd claim that noble blood is blue and not red.
Nobility in America tended to focus itself in the Northeastern part of the country as early as the New Haven colony. While there were certainly rich people of noble birth in the south, the amount of black slaves and poor white people provided the impression that there was no such concentration of “blue bloods”.