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low polling
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2023
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2023
The cartoon depicts Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis as elephants whose noses extend like those of Pinocchio. Trump's trunk reaches much farther than DeSantis's, with a label indicating a 17-point polling advantage. The image appeared on January 20, 2023, during the early stages of the 2024 Republican presidential primary. At that time, Trump maintained a consistent lead in national and early-state surveys over the Florida governor. The visual uses the shared Republican elephant symbol to frame the contest between the two leading contenders.
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2022
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2022
On September 16, 2022, a political cartoon by Dave Whamond illustrates Sen. Lindsey Graham's recent proposal for a nationwide 15-week abortion ban as an own goal in soccer. The image shows Graham in uniform running away from a goal where the ball labeled Abortion Ban has entered the net. Other figures labeled BIP appear tangled inside. The cartoon responds to Graham's surprise legislation that stunned fellow Republicans and provided Democrats an issue for the midterms. McConnell and others had avoided the topic to focus on other messages.
