The colors are what they should be.
IIRC the red=republican meme was due to a USA today map from election 2000.
Red has always been associated with communism, the reds in Russia, etc.
That may have been but I am sure you have noticed that now any political map from any other source and all media uses red for Republican and Blue for Dems.
I agree with that. Always thought they were misrepresented. Commies were always red. Kabuki for sure.