Thursday, March 20, 2008

Political Parties

What does this mean?

19 comments:

Maggyjo said...

I think that this cartoon shows how moderate the two party system has become. Neither party at this point in the election wants to lose votes by stating their true opinion on a subject. If they say something too over the top, they could lose thousands of votes. So, instead of being extremely conservative or extremely liberal, the main candidates choose to be moderate to hang onto as many votes as possible. I am sure that whoever reaches office will become more democrat or republican once they have won the election.

Rbruer said...

I think this cartoon means that either party is extreme. They don't want to make themselves extreme becuase they will lose votes. A lot of voters are becoming independent meaning they don't look at whether the candidate is republican or democrat they look at the issues. So political parties notice this and then aren't as extreme with their issues.

Alex said...

This cartoon portrays both candidates as not clear along their party lines. This has become more and more bipartisan as time goes on. John McCain is known as one of the most liberal Republicans in Washington. Since the party lines are becoming skewed, I think the two party system will soon fail and we will have to adopt a new system of government.

Hannah Dissmore said...

I think this cartoon means that neither party is too far to the right or left of the political spectrum. I think that each candidate wants to appeal to the masses, and to do so, he or she must take on some characteristics of both the democratic and republican parties.

Donninen said...

This is an exaggeration of a what is generally accepted as truth, that politicians aren't honest. It's unfortunate that, especially at a national level, a candidate can't win by being straightforward. Most candidates don't really lie, but many of them state their answers or avoid questions in such a way as to avoid stating things that will discourage voters. Presidential candidates these days spend most of their time just trying to be a friendly, strong leader that anyone should like. And sometimes they talk about issues.

Anonymous said...

the two parties are trying to make it look as if they are leaning both ways in order to appeal to various types of people. This will show up more im sure as the political race gets closer.

tchaap said...

i think that this cartoon means that neither party is showing what they truly believe in. THey are just saying what the voters want them to say so that they can get more votes. They go either way now, just so voters will vote for them. Neither party is too far right or too far left, but once either a republican or a democrat gets into office they will go farther towards the party they are representing

smaaniga said...

there are two parties and they dont make them selfs too far or too right. these type of things will show up closer to the voting. once the candidate is in office then they will go more towards what party they are representing.

bnelson said...

I think that the cartoon shows how the candidates are not clear on there party lines. Look at John McCain he is known for to be the most liberal republican in Washington.I think that later on down the line we are going to have to create a new line of government. And hopefully those candidates will put out to what they really stand for.

poolboy said...

This cartoon shows that our political parties are becoming more an dmore diverse and are not trying to get the issues of their party out, but to send out a message that says they are fro the people and not for their party

Anonymous said...

The cartoon shows that both candidates aren't clear on what party they are for. At this point it just matters who gets elected they will say almost anything to get elected and maybe even leave out some ideas they had when they began the election. I dont blame them considering all the time they have used to attempt to get elected.

tyraho18 said...

It shows that the canidates are not extreme in their respected political groups, as they need the votes of anyone willing.

agreeno said...

I think the cartoon shows that the two political parties are not too conservative or extremely liberal. They want as many votes as they can get so they try to stay moderate.

Daisy_Dukes said...

This cartoon shows the truth to politics... They tell you what you want to hear to get your votes. Once they get elected they go there own way. They are more moderate instead of far left/ far right. That way they can be in the middle and get votes from both the Democrats and Replubicans.

Dan said...

This cartoon depicts how similar the government has become and the party lines have become difficult to distinguish, naturally there are still some things that the parties disagree on which will almost always happen, but more and more voters are voting because of the issues and not on what party the person is part of.

Leritz said...

I think this is showing that each party doesn't want to say something that is going to create less votes for themselves.

orangie said...

I think that this cartoon shows how the two partys are starting to go both ways on things. This could lead to good things and bad things. This way people will see them as a person that can go both ways and work with both parties. That is what i want to see for the candidate that i vote for.

logey loge said...

i am happy that they are becoming more moderate. too far to the left we will all be smoking pot. too far to the right we will be at war with every other country. i like the middle man.

nader said...

This cartoon is showing how much the political parties have changed. There is hardly even a difference in the candidates these days, becuase they believe this is the only way that they can get the votes from the people. They do not want to stress alot of opinion or views on a certain topic, because they know there are so many different opinions out there. Instead of trying to please one group of people with similar opinions, they are trying to please everyone and get their votes.