{"id":9105,"date":"2023-08-16T11:25:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/?p=9105"},"modified":"2026-03-12T05:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:29:37","slug":"political-cartoons-the-power-of-humor-in-a-divisive-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/political-cartoons-the-power-of-humor-in-a-divisive-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Cartoons: The Power of Humor in a Divisive World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cartoons make us laugh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Politics, in general, does the opposite.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen it time after time when I tell someone what I do for work\u2014nothing wipes a smile off a person\u2019s face faster than admitting you work in politics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I get it. Politics is dirty. It\u2019s divisive. It\u2019s angry. Maybe you\u2019ve seen it in your own life: on social media, at work, or even in your relationships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, if politics is so full of anger, why do political cartoons work so well?<\/span><\/p>\n

I have a few theories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Personally, political cartoons are the thing that got me into politics in the first place. As a middle schooler devouring my hometown newspaper, editorial cartoons were a halfway point between the comics I loved and the front pages I didn\u2019t understand. As a high schooler, I read just about every cartoon in every edition of the <\/span>New Yorker<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then in college, I interned on Capitol Hill, where one of my tasks was compiling the jokes from the previous night\u2019s monologues on the late-night shows. It was eye-opening to see staffers care more about what was said there than in the <\/span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s power in those jokes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Later, as an aide in the Wisconsin Legislature, I again saw how much attention was paid to the work of political cartoonists like Phil Hands (<\/span>Wisconsin State Journal)<\/span><\/i>, Stuart Carlson (<\/span>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)<\/span><\/i>, and Joe Heller (<\/span>Green Bay Press-Gazette)<\/span><\/i>. Once, as communications director for a state Senator, I was furious about my boss\u2019s depiction in one of these cartoons. The senator himself, on the other hand, was thrilled\u2014at being featured by name for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n

What gives political cartoons their power?<\/span><\/p>\n

First, they\u2019re simple. There\u2019s an old saying in politics that if you\u2019re explaining, you\u2019re losing. A single panel is the perfect space for one clear, stinging point, and not much else. It\u2019s the sweet spot of delivering a memorable idea or criticism before the reader\u2019s attention span drifts away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Second, they\u2019re funny. Funny matters in politics. Think about Ronald Reagan\u2019s debate quip about age, or Barack Obama\u2019s takedown of Donald Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner (arguably the thing that motivated Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign in the first place) or George W. Bush passing the test of \u201cwhich candidate you\u2019d want to have a beer with.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Having a sense of humor helps connect at the personal level, and our voting decisions and political identity are among the most personal choices we make. To me, a sense of humor is one of the best \u201csecret weapons\u201d a politician can have, second only to the ability to remember people\u2019s names.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Third, political cartoons stand the test of time. You probably know about the origin of the elephant and donkey symbols, created in Thomas Nast\u2019s cartoons in the 1800s, and Ben Franklin\u2019s famous \u201cJoin or Die\u201d snake. Each are hallmarks of both American history and efficient storytelling. The ability to match an idea to a memorable image or metaphor is a skill politicians use in speeches, TV ads, in print, and even in fundraising\u2014because the voters remember them.<\/span><\/p>\n

At a time when the media landscape is changing fast, political cartoons are still featured in just about every newspaper in the country. Political cartoonists are awarded the Pulitzer Prize; they even had their own category for more than 100 years. And as for the subjects themselves\u2014the candidates and elected officials\u2014they pay close attention to how they\u2019re depicted. Believe me. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Cartoons work well. But it\u2019s rare that politicians and campaigns use them directly\u2014there\u2019s the timing, the cost, and the difficulty of being funny in the first place. (The political graveyard is full of candidates who <\/span>thought<\/span><\/i> they were funny, but the voters didn\u2019t.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But the biggest reason is more cynical.<\/span><\/p>\n

They aren\u2019t mean enough. <\/span>Cartoons, by their nature, have a bit of \u201cfun\u201d built in. <\/span>Two-thirds<\/span><\/a> of political advertising includes a direct attack or contrast. Many campaigns don\u2019t bother with frivolity, especially when they\u2019re behind. Nuance and wit don\u2019t hit hard enough when you need to go for the emotional jugular.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Remember the 2000 presidential campaign? In terms of laughs, I remember the Saturday Night Live sketch about \u201cstrategery\u201d and Al Gore\u2019s lockbox the most. But at the time, the big-money closing ads from both campaigns were brutal broadsides, hitting Gore\u2019s <\/span>trustworthiness<\/span><\/a> and Bush\u2019s <\/span>values<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When the stakes are highest, anger has a bigger impact than humor. An old boss of mine in Wisconsin summed it up best: The day you stop seeing attack ads is the day they stop working.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the thing\u2014something I always keep in mind when I see that smile drain away\u2014people still live in the real world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Every person has their own life, their own motivations, and their own reasons to feel and vote the way they do. I believe that\u2019s a feature\u2014not a bug\u2014of American democracy. Every person\u2019s vote counts the exact same, no matter what brought them to the voting booth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, if you aren\u2019t running for office, your tactics can be different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you care more about making your friends laugh, or getting someone\u2019s attention with an eye-catching image, or getting your point across in a unique way, a cartoon is a better option than a scorched-earth attack ad.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you type \u201cpolitics\u201d into the search bar on CartoonStock today, you\u2019ll find more than 51,000 cartoons available. But here\u2019s the best part\u2014there are more than 500,000 cartoons total\u2026so nearly nine in 10 cartoons on the site are NOT about politics!<\/span><\/p>\n

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So, if you\u2019re looking to put some humor into the world (instead of hostility), spend a few minutes on CartoonStock. You can use what you find in your presentations, or newsletters, or emails, or even your social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After all, it\u2019s hard to disagree with someone when you\u2019re laughing with them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Welhouse is a former communications director, senior staff, and ghostwriter for dozens of elected officials and political campaigns. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah and senior writer for the Foundation for Government Accountability. Most importantly, he is a two-time winner of the <\/span><\/i>CartoonStock Caption Contest<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Cartoons make us laugh.\u00a0 Politics, in general, does the opposite. I\u2019ve seen it time after time when I tell someone what I do for work\u2014nothing wipes a smile off a person\u2019s face faster than admitting you work in politics.\u00a0 I get it. Politics is dirty. It\u2019s divisive. It\u2019s angry. Maybe you\u2019ve seen it in your…
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