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title: 'Elections U.S.A. poster, No. 2: The Candidates (English poster distributed in Asia)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/elections-usa-poster-2-the-candidates-english-1956/
description: An English-language poster headed 'Elections - U.S.A.' and 'The Candidates', showing four portrait photographs with equal-sized captions.
section: Collection
---

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# Elections U.S.A. poster, No. 2: The Candidates (English poster distributed in Asia)

An English-language poster headed 'Elections - U.S.A.' and 'The Candidates', showing four portrait photographs with equal-sized captions. Adlai Stevenson (Democratic candidate for President), Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican candidate for re-election) and, below, Estes Kefauver and Richard M. Nixon as the vice-presidential candidates. The poster names both parties' tickets and makes no claim for either. The tell is a plain, symmetrical layout that presents candidates as information rather than argument.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ELECTIONS - U.S.A.

Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Candidate for Presidency

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Candidate for Re-Election for Presidency

Estes Kefauver
Democratic Candidate for Vice-Presidency

Richard M. Nixon
Republican Candidate for Re-Election for Vice-Presidency

THE CANDIDATES
```

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