907ie, I’ve wondered the same thing. The color scheme from GHWB (blue) v. Clinton (red) stuck with me since the party that so often took offense to being dismissed as marxists/communists (similar to how they protested for the past eight years that their patriotism was being questioned) would be labeled by the whole media as ‘red’. Then, I believe it was the ’96 election, the color schemes were reversed (and became cemented in place after the 2000 election). But I’ve wondered if there was a story behind this earlier change.