Political party

Colors and emblems for parties

:Main article: see political colour

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Generally speaking, over the world, political parties associate themselves with colors, primarily for identification, especially for voter recognition during elections. Red usually signifies leftist, communist or socialist parties. Conservative and Christian democratic parties generally use blue or black. Recently in the United States, this trend has been reversed.

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Elections - Red - Leftist - Communist - Socialist - Conservative - Christian democratic - Blue - Black - United States

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Pink sometimes signifies socialist. Yellow is often used for liberalism. Green is the color for green parties and Islamist parties. Orange is sometimes a color of nationalism, such as in The Netherlands, or is a color of reform such as in Ukraine. In the past, Purple was considered the color of royalty, but is rarely used in modern-day political parties. Brown is generally associated with fascist or neofascist parties, going back to the Nazi Party's brownshirt security guards.

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Pink - Socialist - Yellow - Liberalism - Green - Green parties - Islamist - Orange - The Netherlands - Ukraine - Purple - Royalty - Brown - Fascist - Neofascist - Nazi Party - Brownshirt

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Color associations are useful for mnemonics when voter illiteracy is significant. Another case where they are used is when it is not desirable to make rigorous links to parties, particularly when coalitions and alliances are formed between political parties and other organizations, for example: Red Tory, "Purple" (Red-Blue) alliances, Red-Green Alliances, Blue-Green Alliances, Pan-green coalitions, and Pan-blue coalitions.

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Voter - Illiteracy - Coalition - Alliance - Red Tory - Red-Green Alliance - Blue-Green Alliance - Pan-green coalition - Pan-blue coalition

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The emblem of socialist parties is often a red rose held in a fist. Communist parties often use a hammer, a sickle, or both.

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Emblem - Rose - Hammer - Sickle

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