T he United States map is traditionally split into “Red” and “Blue” states, where red states lean Republican and blue states ...

D.C., a huge map of the United States was erected on the back wall of the Republican headquarters and organizers would rip away green covers from states to reveal blue fabric for the 49 states ...

meaning the center of the United States is very red. “If it had been flipped, the map would have been too dark,” he explained. “The blue would have been swamping the red. Red is a lighter ...

blue-state maps are cartographically questionable. For one thing, the maps distort the influence of large, sparsely populated states, says Andy Woodruff, a Boston-based cartographer with Axis Maps.