A blue blood or blue dog Democrat is one who is fiscally conservative. Currently, they number thirty and tend to vote together as a block. Their goal is to bring the party back to a centrist position from left. They tend to relate well to moderate Republicans.
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Red is Republican and Blue is Democrat.
It refers to Southern Democratic voters who, because of the bitterness caused by the post Civil War Reconstruction period would never vote for anything the Republicans put forward or one of their candidates. It means that they would rather vote for and elect a "yellow dog" then a Republican".
Red states are those won by McCain (Republican). Blue states were won by Obama (Democrat)
Kings and Queens and other members of royal families are said to have blue blood. But they actually have the same kind as everyone else.
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