Understanding CSS selectors

Question

Why is it that the below makes the text red?

#stories li a {color:red}
.default li.expand a {color:green}
li.expand a {color:blue}

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Answer 1

According to http://htmldog.com/guides/cssadvanced/specificity/, '#' (An id selector) has the highest specificity, so yes, anything with a '#' will precede anything which doesn't, if they refer to the same thing.

Check that link for more info.