Leap of faith

This cartoon has an old guy dressed in the American Flag, he has a e-voting bookbag/air plane, and he is jumping of a cliff. The sign above him says leap of faith, and under him there is a stack of paper ballots stacked up. I think this cartoon is trying to represent the upgrade from the traditional paper ballots, to a more advanced way of voting; which is e-voting (using technology). The reason why it says leap of faith is because we are not sure that this new way of voting will work, but it is worth to take a chance.

Will my vote count?

This political cartoon is about voting. The ballot is electronic. The old guy is the person that watches the voting area, and he is sited outside the voting booth. The person in line wants to vote but she asks what are the odds that her vote will actually count. She asks this on the behalf of many people. Because it is only one vote how do we know that our vote will actually matter. One vote doesn't matter but if everybody votes it won't only be one vote it will be many votes together, and that is when our vote has an effect. This is why we have to encourage more and more people to vote, because 100 is better than 1.

NunofAbove

This political cartoon is about the 2012 election. The elephant is the announcer and he says "finally, a candidate that can beat Obama'. On his right there is a flag that says vote for "nunofabove 2012." This is trying to say that the current candidates running against Obama have no chance in actually winning the election and beating Obama. The person who created the cartoon could be democratic since he/she thinks that none of the current republican candidate can beat Obama.

Voting

 

This political cartoon is about voting. It is trying to show that many people vote just to vote; and they do not actually know why they chose the certain candidate. This cartoon shows a woman voting. She looks  like she knows what she is doing on the out side, but the cartoon is telling us that she really does not know. The electronic cable that connects the voting machine to the outlet is knotted up in a big question mark. To me this makes me understand that the woman blindly chose a random candidate without any prior knowledge behind her vote.

Political Quicksand

             

This cartoon represents Obama, and his new way of opening new jobs and opportunity. The thin branch is the "jobs bill', Obama is hanging down the thin branch hoping that he could hold on and that the branch won't break. At the same time he is in the political quicksand which pulls him down. In real life the branch represents the jobs bill and him holding on represents him being able to pass the jobs bill and him succeeding in opening up new jobs for people. He looks uncomfortable in the cartoon meaning that this jobs bill is not very successful. The political quicksand represents the government that can change at anytime pulling Obama and his plan down. Therefore this cartoon has a pretty negative view on Obama's job bill.

Jobs-O-Matic

 The title of this cartoon is called "jobs-o-matic." It has to do with the re-election of Obama. I think this cartoon is making fun a little bit of Obama. I think that because it says "and if you act right now, I will throw this nifty yard sign absolutely free." That sign is not much ( it does not have too much valor), but the cartoon makes it seem that it is very important. This symbolizes that If you vote for Obama you can hope that he will open up more jobs, but of  low quality. Obama is wearing an apron, and it  seems like he is working at a fast food place. He also want to bribe people into voting for him, but with little success, because the prize they get it is of so little valor.