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title: Untitled (I Like Ike ballot in the U.S.A. box)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/untitled-berryman-i-like-ike-ballot-1952/
description: A ballot signed John Q. Voter, marked with an X beside the words I LIKE IKE!, is dropped into a padlocked box labelled U.S.A. The campaign slogan
section: Collection
---

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[![Untitled, 1952 US cartoon: A ballot signed John Q. Voter, marked with an X beside the words I LIKE IKE!, is dropped into](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/untitled-berryman-i-like-ike-ballot-1952.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/untitled-berryman-i-like-ike-ballot-1952.jpg)

# Untitled (I Like Ike ballot in the U.S.A. box)

A ballot signed John Q. Voter, marked with an X beside the words I LIKE IKE!, is dropped into a padlocked box labelled U.S.A. The campaign slogan and the everyman signature present the vote as a broad popular choice (bandwagon, plain folks).

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

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

## Text on the object

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

```
BALLOT
[X] I LIKE IKE !
John Q. Voter

[box:] U.S.A.
[signature:] JIM BERRYMAN
```

[← Family Week, December 1-7, 1952: Neighborly Families Make Wholesome Communities (English-language poster distributed in Asia)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/family-week-december-1952-neighborly-families-english-1952/) [농민의 고혈을 짜는 공산당! (The Communists Who Squeeze the Farmers' Blood), leaflet 1243 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/un-command-leaflet-1243-farmers-tax-1952/)

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