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>Do the Republican and Democratic parties have standard map colors?  I am
>looking at a choropleth map of the '96 US election results.  The
>"democratic" states are red and the "republican" states are blue.  Are
>these standard party colors?
 
I wouldn't say standard, but they do seem to be the most common.  As this
is one of the examples I use to teach about the limitations of choropleth
mapping, I collect examples and this seems to be the most common
assignment.  Seems to me that one of the TV networks does it the opposite
way, though.
 
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Dennis McClendon, Chicago CartoGraphics      [log in to unmask]