Opinion: We’re not blue or red, we’re the whole box of crayons
Dan Conaway says, “Our states, our cities, our neighborhoods, our conversations have been colored either blue or red – by the parties not by us.” (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
Only 24% of Americans identify as Republican... Only 30% identify as Democrat... Yet we allow ourselves to let those two parties label all of us as if we were one or the other.
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