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title: It Runs Anyway!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-it-runs-anyway-1956/
description: A man marked H.S.T. holds a wrench beside two wheels labelled Attacking Stevenson and Backing Harriman, while a band wagon labelled Adlai.
section: Collection
---

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[![It Runs Anyway!, 1956 US cartoon: A man marked H.S.T. holds a wrench beside two wheels labelled Attacking Stevenson](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-it-runs-anyway-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-it-runs-anyway-1956.jpg)

# It Runs Anyway!

A man marked H.S.T. holds a wrench beside two wheels labelled Attacking Stevenson and Backing Harriman, while a band wagon labelled Adlai, full of musicians and a waving rider, speeds away without them. The cartoon argues that the Stevenson campaign advances despite Truman's efforts; the technique is bandwagon, the momentum of a crowded, music-filled vehicle.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ADLAI
H.S.T.
ATTACKING STEVENSON
BACKING HARRIMAN
Jim Berryman Washington Star
```

[← Oh Mister Chairman!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-oh-mister-chairman-1956/) [Iran News poster 52a, jets and basketball (Farsi, distributed in Tehran) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/iran-news-poster-52a-jets-basketball-farsi-1956/)

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