@SilentSeeker

It is kind of stupid to let a third party news organization decide which color represents which political party

You can use any color you want on a map

@SilentSeeker no one mentioned this when i was in college around that election
I don't think it solidified until after that, though.
I honestly can't remember red/blue prior to that, but maybe i wasn't "on-line" mentally enough to remember it.