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.