Red/Blue State Map for 2012

[Stranger in a strange land]

I doubt Iowa will be solid Dem in 2012: it was this year because McCain was a bad candidate for the state, not because of any change in the state's politics.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Atlas' color scheme fails again.

I'll never understand why so many prefer it.

In every other Western Country, conservative parties are represented by blue while liberal and progressive parties are represented by Red. The problem was that in the aftermath of the 2000 election, the electoral map (which happened to use red for Republicans and blue for Democrats) was left on the screen for weeks, and commentators began to discuss "Red States" and "Blue States."