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title: To Better Government (English-language poster distributed in Asia)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/to-better-government-english-1951/
description: A voter-registration and voting poster. Signposts reading 'This way' point to registration places and voting places.
section: Collection
---

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# To Better Government (English-language poster distributed in Asia)

A voter-registration and voting poster. Signposts reading 'This way' point to registration places and voting places, each a hut or small building with a flag and a long queue of people, under the line 'To better government of the people, for the people, by the people'. The tell is bandwagon, in the long queues shown going to the polls, and glittering generalities, in the borrowed 'of the people' formula.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
REGISTRATION PLACES

REGISTRATION PLACES

THIS WAY
THIS WAY

TO BETTER GOVERNMENT
OF THE PEOPLE
FOR THE PEOPLE
BY THE PEOPLE

VOTING PLACES

THIS WAY
THIS WAY

VOTING PLACES

Published by the National Movement for Free Elections and League of Women Voters
```

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