[78-L] The John Birch Society (was Old-Timers)

[Jeff Lichtman]

>I realize that
>this color designation grew out of the map colors on TV election
>coverage, but which network made the decision?
>Mike (old-fashioned red, new-fashioned blue) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

The convention for election-day maps used to be that blue would stand 
for the incumbent party. The election of 2000 ran on for so long, 
with so much analysis, that people permanently associated red with 
Republicans and blue with Democrats.


                        -        Jeff Lichtman
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