red state
noun [ C ] uk/ˈred ˌsteɪt/ us/ˈred ˌsteɪt/
（美国的）（大多数人通常投票给共和党的）红色州
a US state where most people usually vote Republican
Texas is a red state - we know that. 德克萨斯是一个红色州——这一点我们是知道的。
He courted "red state" voters in farm country with a visit to church and an application for a hunting licence. 他通过参观教堂和申请狩猎执照来吸引农村地区的“红色州”选民。
Compare: blue state
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- South Carolina is one of the red states on the electoral map, and had not voted for a Democratic candidate in a presidential election since Jimmy Carter in 1980.
- In Colorado, one of the so-called red states, Democrats won control of U. S. Senate and House seats previously held by Republicans.
- We are very polarized, we are in a red state/blue state America.
- The President's policy could hurt red states as well as blue states.
- grassroots campaigns that can reach "red state" groups like born-again Christians