[Right Wing Assault]

Sometime in the late seventies 2000 election,...

Republican Wildcat is correct. It flipped between '80 and '84. Check his post #14. In '96 they were already showing dems blue, Pubs red.

[LonePalm]

The red and blue had nothing to do with one party or the other.

Blue was used for the party holding the White House and red for the challenger.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Republican Wildcat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-52n_qaL6BE 1988 - Dem Blue, GOP Red

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IxGjLb2rqM 1992 - Dem Blue, GOP Red

I found one video from 1972 it showed Nixon’s states as blue. Could not find any from any other years.