They used to switch colors every presidential election. Until 2000, when they were figuring out the Florida vote total for weeks. Everyone around the country saw Democrats as blue and Republicans as red for weeks on TV and the colors stuck. It sort of just naturally stuck that way after that election, but before that the colors would alternate.
They used to switch colors every presidential election. Until 2000, when they were figuring out the Florida vote total for weeks. Everyone around the country saw Democrats as blue and Republicans as red for weeks on TV and the colors stuck. It sort of just naturally stuck that way after that election, but before that the colors would alternate.