Instead of filling an entire state or county with the color red or blue to indicate which party won, Field uses red and blue dots to represent every vote that was cast. On this particular map from ...

The continuity of red and blue designations over time reflects some level of partisan stability. From 2016 to 2020, for example, only five states switched parties in the presidential election, and ...

Election Maps Can Be Misleading—Here's a Solution. There are better ways to map voting results. So why do we stick with the same old red and blue?

During the weeklong Election Day, The New York Times electoral map was permanently open as a tab on my computer. I stared and refreshed. Eventually, the white-outlined states turned to gray as votes ...

Montana ousted the last standing statewide Democrat in the 2024 election, marking the first time the Big Sky State will see all Republican leadership in congress in 100 years.

Yet while Montana’s politics are diverse, veterans of its political trenches worry that partisanship here is hardening, as the “red” and “blue” elements become more isolated and ...

Then, on Election Day, millions of Americans turn on the TV and watch with anticipation (or dread) as maps of the country turn red and blue, one state at a time, in a wave that sweeps from east to ...

Small pockets of the map, particularly on the West Coast, are shaded blue. “97% of all guns are in the red territory,” reads the text in the post. “97% of all gun violence is in blue.” It ...

On election night in 1984 in Washington, 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 ...

The 2020 election provided a vivid example of both red and blue mirage effects in action. During that election, Democratic candidates overwhelmingly favored mail-in voting due to COVID-19 concerns.