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title: 'Untitled (Ohio Primary: Who Said Tafts Can''t Win?)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-who-said-tafts-cant-win-1952/
description: Two smiling men labelled 'Bob' and 'Charlie' sit astride a map of Ohio marked 'Ohio Primary', each holding a hat, one inscribed 'Convention Delegates'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Untitled, 1952 US cartoon: Two smiling men labelled 'Bob' and 'Charlie' sit astride a map of Ohio marked 'Ohio Primary', each](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-who-said-tafts-cant-win-1952.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-who-said-tafts-cant-win-1952.jpg)

# Untitled (Ohio Primary: Who Said Tafts Can't Win?)

Two smiling men labelled 'Bob' and 'Charlie' sit astride a map of Ohio marked 'Ohio Primary', each holding a hat, one inscribed 'Convention Delegates', the other 'G.O.P. Gubernatorial Nomination'. 'Bob' asks 'Who said Tafts can't win?'. The tell is bandwagon: the claim of winning momentum is the argument.

## 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

```
WHO SAID TAFTS CAN'T WIN ?
CONVENTION DELEGATES
"BOB"
"CHARLIE"
G.O.P. GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION
OHIO PRIMARY
JIM BERRYMAN
```

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