Political Cartoon Analysis
Voting in the Midterms , a New Yorker daily bonus cartoon by Brendan Loper. Loper, Brendan. "Voting in the Midterms." New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2018, www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/bonus-voting-in-the-midterms. Accessed 6 Dec. 2018. Cartoon. Ah, political cartoons. We see them in magazines, history books, newspapers, Instagram and Facebook posts. Wherever they appear, they present a commentary (which tends to be humourous, disturbing, or both) on some conemporary political issue. They make you laugh if you understand them, embarrassed if you don't. But even if we do recognize the events they portray, how much time do we take to actually understand them? To analyze and think about them? Today I'm going to be talking about this New Yorker cartoon about voting in the midterm elections, taking the time to really break it down and analyze it. The cartoon depicts an President Trump putting up an obstacle course in front of a voting booth. The obstac