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As such, some of the earliest electoral maps, like Scribner’s 1883 Statistical Atlas of the United States, used a red-for-Democrat, blue-for-Republican scheme that would have been familiar to ...
ABC used yellow for Republicans and blue for Democrats in 1976, then red for Republicans and blue for Democrats in 1980, 1984, and 1988. In 1980, when John Anderson had a relatively well publicized campaign as an independent candidate, at least one network indicated provisionally that they would use yellow if he were to win a state.
Prior to 2000, red and blue did not always respectively denote Republicans and Democrats.
In Honduras, blue is used by the conservative National party. In Hong Kong, blue is used by pro-Beijing camp, but also used by localists (for symbolising Hong Kong independence). In India, light blue is the colour associated with the Indian National Congress, a national centre-left party.
States that traditionally voted blue (Democratic), but voted Republican in 2016 are marked in red. Minnesota (a historic blue wall state), was won by Democrats by only 1.5% and Maine by 3% in 2016. Additionally, a congressional district in northern Maine gave the GOP one electoral vote.
As a blue state with Republican power over elections, Virginia draws GOP attention Erin Mansfield, Sarah D. Wire and Lyra Bordelon, USA TODAY Updated November 2, 2024 at 10:16 AM
This is evidence of an erosion of the popular vote advantage that Democratic candidates have typically enjoyed in recent elections, likely spurred by a significant narrowing of margins in safe blue states such as New York, New Jersey, and Illinois, which each saw dramatic shifts toward the Republican candidate, as well as dramatic increases in ...
For maps of future elections, "hold" is used for "incumbent intent is known and is eligible, or incumbent is running for re-election", whereas "gain" is used for "incumbent is retiring/term-limited". Following this, there is an additional color used, which is also used when an election has taken place but not been called yet.