My state has voted Republican every election since 1968, with a true majority all but twice. So I can actually vote for whoever I like and it won't make a lick of difference.
In my homebrew world, elves have a different skin pigment that reflects UV light (whereas melanin absorbs it). Lower amounts of pigmentation mean darker skin, and more means whiter skin
Because of this, deep elves aren't as dark skinned as some humans, with the darkest being an ashy charcoal gray, but desert elves develop extremely white skin with almost no translucence