Believe it or not, the colors were reversed at one time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#:~:text=The%20map%20was%20placed%20in%20the%20network’s%20election%2Dnight%20news%20studio.&text=Since%20the%201984%20election%2C%20CBS,1980%2C%201984%2C%20and%201988.
Believe it or not, the colors were reversed at one time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#:~:text=The%20map%20was%20placed%20in%20the%20network’s%20election%2Dnight%20news%20studio.&text=Since%20the%201984%20election%2C%20CBS,1980%2C%201984%2C%20and%201988.