Have you noticed a trend around here?
A man in a hat labelled 'ADLAI', holding a notepad, stands beside a battered elephant in a torn suit who is being struck by falling rocks labelled 'Maine elections'. The cartoon argues that the Maine result favoured the Democratic side; the technique is bandwagon, a weak fit, suggesting momentum toward the Democratic candidate.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- September 12, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- 1956 US Election
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743231 (NAID 5743231).
Text on the object
ADLAI MAINE ELECTIONS JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
