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Republicans are red and Democrats blue. But it wasn’t always that way

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CNN’s coverage of the 1980 US presidential election, broadcast just five months after the network’s launch, featured the analog predecessor of its now-essential election night prop: the “Magic Wall” electoral map.

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Republicans are red and Democrats blue. But it wasn’t always that way

The idea of “red states” and “blue states” may feel deeply embedded in the symbolism of US politics, but before 2000 the colors were often the other way around.

·Atlanta, United States
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WAAY-TV broke the news in Huntsville, United States on Friday, September 20, 2024.
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