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
- Date
- May 8, 1952
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- 1952 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, local ID 5743159 (NAID 5743159).
Text on the object
WHO SAID TAFTS CAN'T WIN ? CONVENTION DELEGATES "BOB" "CHARLIE" G.O.P. GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION OHIO PRIMARY JIM BERRYMAN
