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
- Date
- November 5, 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 (NARA), 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, 5743170 (NAID 5743170).
Text on the object
BALLOT [X] I LIKE IKE ! John Q. Voter [box:] U.S.A. [signature:] JIM BERRYMAN
