Every presidential election is a great event where everyone can participate and vote for the candidate who they believe will keep his promises and move the country forward. Campaigns from different candidates are presented to try to convince people to vote. In these campaigns, candidates will try to attract people with catchy slogans and then persuade them with their public speaking skills; gaining their trust and their vote. Among the campaigns there will be people who make cartoons about the presidential election supporting a particular candidate or making fun of candidates they are against. These cartoons show people's thoughts about the candidates; whether they believe the candidates will keep their promises or not. The cartoons that were against a candidate represent him in a mocking way and show the worst qualities of that candidate; however, when the candidate was preferred, the cartoons showed his best qualities and stood out more. One major election that caught my attention was the election of 1860. First it caught my attention because among the candidates was Abraham Lincoln and as we know from history, he won; secondly since I don't know much about American history, it was the only one I knew among the others. Abraham Lincoln was elected as the candidate for the Republican Party, while the Democrats had two candidates, Stephen Douglas and John Breckinridge and the Union Party had John Bell. During the time of these elections the East Coast was divided between North and South; where the North, mostly Republican supporters, was against slavery and wanted to abolish it. The South, in contrast, was governed by Democrats, who supported slavery and wanted to maintain it. Since… the middle of the paper… the images are more effective and clear, they show different candidates and you can distinguish who is teasing and praising. I think that images for campaigns should not be so difficult to understand, first of all because some people may not grasp the meaning, but only grasp the external meaning. If you don't understand the metaphor or what the image represents, you will make incorrect assumptions about whether one candidate is better than another just because of who the images make fun of. There were many people who were illiterate and could only base their vote by looking at cartoons or listening to the candidates' speeches, they were easily influenced. Compared to today, where there are still some people who are easily influenced, there are others who base their votes not only on the candidates' campaigns, but on the candidate's background and results..