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Decoder Ring: The Mailbag Episode

Slow Burn

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The History of TV Color Driven Maps

In 1976, the first time there were illuminated color driven maps used across all three networks. The attribution of blue to Democrats and red to Republicans happens in a sort of piecemeal way over the 80s and 90s. By 1996, it was everybody was doing blue for the Democrats.

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