Budget Cutting

In this political cartoon, budget cutting is being symbolized. There are two doctors, one is represented by a democratic sign and the other by a republican sign. The democratic doctor has a little cutting knife while the republican one has a much bigger weapon to cut with. This cartoon is trying to say that Between the two parties the republicans are trying to cut back more on anything they can. That is why the republican doctor has a bigger cutting tool. 

Area of Agreement

This political cartoon is about political ideologies. More specifically, Republican and Democrat. There are two cliffs (labeled left and right). On the left side there is President Obama (who is democratic) and on the right is an elephant that represents the republicans. They are both saying "You first" to the other to cross the bridge that is broken and under is an area of agreement. This cartoon is trying to point out that republicans and democrats can never get to an area of agreement. And in this cartoon that is represented by the bridge being broken in the middle.  

The GOP Final Four

This political cartoon represents the final four candidates in the race to be the presidential candidate for the republicans. This cartoon has irony in it because it's suppose to resemble the March Madness that goes on in college around this time. The final four in that would be the last four teams in the tournament, but this shows the last four candidates that are running. Also, Romney is bigger then anyone else in this picture. That shows that he is the best "team" in the race. The other three candidates don't stand much of a chance, according to this cartoon. 

The Flip Flops

This cartoon shows Romney ready to run a race in flip flops. This cartoon represents something higher though. The race that Romney is ready to race in this cartoon actually represents the race he is currently in to be the republican presidential candidate. The reason the artist put flip flops on Romney is because Romney often "flip-flops" his opinions and ideas on certain issues.

Voter ID Law

According to the opinion exppressed by this cartoon, the Voter ID Law is there for nothing. It is said to be able to stop voter fraud but many people claim that there is no voter fraud. Many people also think that voter fraud is too low to invest a lot of money to fix it. Basically, these same people believe that it is a useless law that is trying to fix something that is not broken. Since opinions are neither right or wrong, there is another side to the story. Many people believe it is a good thing and will help alot. But eitherway, it had created a big controversy as many states continue to pass the law. 



2012 Election: A Take on New Jobs

A couple of years ago when the US was in the worst part of the Recession, everyone was worried about the economy and jobs. Everyone thought that the next election would focus on just that. They thought it would focus on who can pull us up out of this whole and get people working again to stabilize the economy. As that may be important today, it seems like this election has an odd selection of candidates. What seems to be important to them is attacking eachother and just looking better then their rival. They dont seem to be adressing important issues to the extent they should be. They are focused around mudslinging. 

Voting Around The World

Voting is done almost everywhere around the world but it is much more popular in other parts of the world then in the USA. In many places in Europe, it is actually mandatory to vote and the cost of not voting is usually a fine. Besides it being mandatory in areas, overall voting is much more popular and people tend to be more active when it comes to voting because they want to (not just because they have to). With establishing in the constitution that voting is optional, the USA has had a negative slope in voter turnout in comparison to ther parts of the world. This cartoon depicts that countries like China and Russia are campaigning to vote and take it very seriously while the US citizens are not as concerned when it comes to voting for their leaders. This is shown by the person sleeping when their TV is indicating that it is time to vote. 

Electronic/Touch Screen Voting

With the 200+ years of voting that this country has seen, specifically presidential candidate voting, there has been a number of different ways to vote on the election days. The range from paper ballots and hole-punching methods to heavy machinery with levers to pull on to what is most popular and most used today -- electronic voting. As this type of voting became more popular with the increase in technology it seemed that it is the quickest and easiest way to vote, That may be true, but along with the other ways to vote, this wa has its problems too. Since all the votes are tallied up by computers there has been a worry about hackers and computer glitches. Many people think that the computer system fails correctly count every single vote. On top of that, people believe that hackers can go/have gone into the system to change the vote counts for the candidate that they want to win. This political cartoon, sarcastically, is showing ones options when it comes to voting. The options "lose my vote now," "lose my vote later," and "let a hacker change my vote at his convinience" all show the growing concerns that voters have with this system of voting.

A Tale Of Two Primaries

In this political cartoon the elephants represent republicans and the donkeys represent democrats. the Elephants on the left seem excited about voting in the primaries but do not know who to choose. While on the right side, the donkeys seem bummed out about Obama. They seem to be upset that they do not have another democratic choice to vote for and also that they might have to put up with another four years of what was a dissapointment in the presidency to them.

The obligations of a Non-Voter

This political cartton shows a man sitting on his couch watching Spongebob. He has a shirt that says nonvoter and he says after the election I'll do my part and whine. This cartoon symbolizes how nonvoters act. They do not pay much attention to politics nor do they really care but they would be the first ones to complain. People say that nonvoters should not have a right to complain about the government or certain policies or people if they did not exercise their right to vote and that is the message that this cartoon is based off of.

The 2012 GOP Primary Race

In this political cartoon, the scene is portraid as a political add in support for Obama. On the left side, each candidate is saying something negative about another and on the left side Obama is saying "I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message. This cartoon shows how the race for the republican candidate for president has been nothing but the candidates coming at eachother instead of talking about what is really important. It also suggests that all they are really doing is making it easier for Obama to win the next election.

How to Increase Voter Turnout

In this political cartoon the topic is voter turnout. This cartoon shows a lady at some sort of voting booth with a ballot that says President, Congress, and American Idol and the lady is voting under the American Idol section. This cartoon is indictating if American Idol was on the ballot people would come to vote. This cartoon is also trying to say that many more Americans vote on other things like American Idol but they do not take the time to concern themselves with politics, thus why the voter turn out is usually low.