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
- Date
- August 16, 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 (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons, 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, 5743227 (NAID 5743227).
Text on the object
ADLAI H.S.T. ATTACKING STEVENSON BACKING HARRIMAN Jim Berryman Washington Star
