----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >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. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Dennis McClendon, Chicago CartoGraphics [log in to unmask]