-------- Original Message -------- Subject: electoral maps and color schemes Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 18:10:32 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] ------------------ Folks, I've fielded a question from a journalist who is researching the color schemes that have typically been used to represent the two major parties in the US. Typically this is Red = Democrat and Blue = Republican. Does anyone know where this came from, when it emerged, what its source might be? mike ------------------------- Mike Furlough University of Virginia Library 434-924-3169