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wikipedia should switch to Blue for Republicans and Red for Democrats

This in my opinion is better color system, and I like how uselectionatlas uses this system. Wikipedia should transition.RRGGBB00FF (talk) 13:45, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@RRGGBB00FF Americans don't use this system anyways RetiredUser159039 (talk) 22:22, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jesusland

While the current color scheme had been most popular by 1996 and 2000 firmly cemented it, I have found a couple prominent websites in 2004 still using blue for Bush and red for Kerry.

The very popular Jesusland map meme (splitting the country into Red States as Jesusland and Blue States joining Canada) made after 2004 may have been the final nail in the coffin for the alternatives and helped fully solidify the transition 2000 had nearly completed. The terms red and blue state only fully took off by the 2008 election after all 2604:3D09:1F7F:8B00:69EB:201:8ABA:8E63 (talk) 20:29, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

change the shade of purple in the first map image

it is hard for certain colourblind people to differentiate it from the blue 170.52.65.182 (talk) 23:03, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Map

Somebody should update the map "Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024" as Tammy Baldwin and Angus King won reelection in Wisconsin and Maine, respectively. --Minilammas (talk) 12:04, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]