Marth and Falcon are on the less complicated side of the spectrum but yeah the kid ' s still impressive . EDIT 20 karma ? Fraudulent Marth and Falcon mains got real defensive lol <| sep |> c o l o r o f p o l i t i c s h o w d i d r edandbluestatescometobeIt got started on TV , the original electronic visual , when NBC , the first allcolor network , unveiled an illuminated map snazzy for its time in 1976 . John Chancellor was the NBC election night anchor who explained how states were going to be blue if they voted for incumbent Republican Gerald Ford , red if they voted for Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter . That arrangement was consistent with the habit of many texts and reference books , which tended to use blue for Republicans in part because blue was the color of the Union in the Civil War . Blue is also typically associated with the more conservative parties in Europe and elsewhere .