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Political Cartoons
Presidential Election 2012
The Purpose of Political Cartoons
The cartoonist is giving his/her opinion on a political or other news worthy issue in a humorous pictorial fashion.
The viewer is expected to have previous content knowledge to understand the meaning of the cartoon.
Found in newspaper editorial pages and online
www.cagle.com www.politicalcartoons.com
“Join, or Die” by Benjamin FranklinTo encourage the colonies to unite against British rule.
Parts of Political Cartoons Caricature: a portrait that
exaggerates parts of a person to create an easily identifiable visual likeness that is usually funny.
Parts of Political Cartoons Symbol: something -- such
as an object, picture, written word, or sound-- that represents (or stands for) something else.
For example a red octagon is the symbol
that means "STOP". Uncle Sam symbolizes the
USA
The Democratic donkey was first used with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.
Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. After the Republicans lost the White House to the Democrats in 1877, Nast drew a cartoon of an elephant walking into a trap set by a donkey. He chose the elephant to represent the Republicans because elephants are intelligent but easily controlled.
Democrats today say the donkey is smart and brave, while Republicans say the elephant is strong and dignified.
Symbols of Political Parties
Symbols & Labels of Political Parties
Democrats RepublicansDonkey
BlueLeft
LiberalDems
D
ElephantRed
RightConservative
GOPR