Friday, October 2, 2009

Campaign Slogans

Campaign Slogans



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Campaign slogans usually take the form of expressing a key campaign issue or draw attention to a particularly contentious issue which is dividing the constituents. Campaign slogans also "polk" fun at candidates. Play on the name of the candidate, such as a rhyme or illiteration, can also make for a catchy slogan. Sometimes campaign slogans come into being spontaneously as a phrase from a speech sticks and becomes a slogan.

Some examples from past campaigns in the US and Britain:

* Bargain and Corruption (Andrew Jackson 1828)
* Tippercanoe and Tyler Too (William Harrison 1840)
* Who's Polk? (James Polk 1844)
* 54-40 or Fight (James Polk 1844)
* We Polked You in 1844, We Shall Pierce You In 1852 (Democrats 1852)
* Free Soil, Free Men, Free Speech, Fremont (John Fremont 1856)
* Anything To Beat Grant (Horace Greeley 1872)
* Hayes, Hard Money And Hard Times (Democrats 1876)
* Rum, Romanism, Rebellion (Republicans 1884)
* Full Dinner Pail (Republicans 1900)
* You Can't Beat Somebody With Nobody (Theodore Roosevelt 1904)
* He Kept Us Out Of War (Woodrow Wilson 1916)
* Back to Normalcy (Warren Harding 1920)
* Keep Cool With Coolidge (Calvin Coolidge 1924)
* Hoover And Happiness Or Smith And Soup Houses (Herbert Hoover 1928)
* In Hoover We Trusted, Now We Are Busted (Franklin Roosevelt 1932)
* Land Landin With A Landslide (Alfred Landon 1936)
* We Want Wilkie (Wendle Wilkie 1940)
* Time For A Change (Thomas Dewey 1944)
* Don't Let Them Take It Away (Harry S. Truman 1948)
* Give 'Em Hell Harry (spontaneous slogan in support of Harry Truman that came out of a speech Truman gave in 1948)
* I LIke Ike (Dwight Eisenhower 1952 - Irving Berlin used a variation of this slogan "They like Ike." earlier in a song written in 1950 for the musical Call Me Madam)
* Let's Get America Moving Again (John Kennedy 1960)
* Keep The Peace Without Surrender (Richard Nixon 1960)
* All The Way With LBJ (Lyndon Johnson 1964)
* In Your Heart You Know He's Right (Barry Goldwater 1964)
* Nixon's The One (Richard Nixon 1968)
* Send Them A Message (George Wallace 1972)
* He's Making Us Proud Again (Gerald Ford 1976)
* I'm Jimmy Carter And I'm Running For President (Jimmy Carter 1976)
* The Time Is Now (Ronald Reagan 1980)

And from Britain:

* Yesterday The Trenches, Today The Unemployed (Ramsey MacDonald 1923)
* Safety First (Stanley Baldwin 1929)
* Send Him Back To Finish The Job (Winston Churchill 1945)
* Your Future Is In Your Hands (Liberals 1950)
* Make Britain Great Again (Liberals 1950)
* Life's Better With The Conservatives - Don't Let Labour Ruin It (Conservative Party 1959)
* Let's Go With Labour, And We'll Get Things Done (Labour Party 1964)
* You Know Labour Government Works (Labour Party 1966)
* Yesterday's Men (Labour Party 1970)
* Britain Will Win With Labour (Labour Party 1974)
* Labour Is The Answer (Labour Party 1979)

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Campaign slogans usually take the form of expressing a key campaign issue or draw attention to a particularly contentious issue which is dividing the constituents.  Campaign slogans also "polk" fun at candidates.  Play on the name of the candidate, such as a rhyme or illiteration, can also make for a catchy slogan.  Sometimes campaign slogans come into being spontaneously as a phrase from a speech sticks and becomes a slogan. 
Some examples from past campaigns in the US and Britain:

Bargain and Corruption (Andrew Jackson 1828)
Tippercanoe and Tyler Too (William Harrison 1840)
Who's Polk? (James Polk 1844)
54-40 or Fight (James Polk 1844)
We Polked You in 1844, We Shall Pierce You In 1852 (Democrats 1852)
Free Soil, Free Men, Free Speech, Fremont (John Fremont 1856)
Anything To Beat Grant (Horace Greeley 1872)
Hayes, Hard Money And Hard Times (Democrats 1876)
Rum, Romanism, Rebellion (Republicans 1884)
Full Dinner Pail (Republicans 1900)
You Can't Beat Somebody With Nobody (Theodore Roosevelt 1904)
He Kept Us Out Of War (Woodrow Wilson 1916)
Back to Normalcy (Warren Harding 1920)
Keep Cool With Coolidge (Calvin Coolidge 1924)
Hoover And Happiness Or Smith And Soup Houses (Herbert Hoover 1928)
In Hoover We Trusted, Now We Are Busted (Franklin Roosevelt 1932)
Land Landin With A Landslide (Alfred Landon 1936)
We Want Wilkie (Wendle Wilkie 1940)
Time For A Change (Thomas Dewey 1944)
Don't Let Them Take It Away (Harry S. Truman 1948)
Give 'Em Hell Harry (spontaneous slogan in support of Harry Truman that came out of a speech Truman gave in 1948)
I LIke Ike (Dwight Eisenhower 1952 - Irving Berlin used a variation of this slogan "They like Ike."  earlier in a song written in 1950 for the musical Call Me Madam)
Let's Get America Moving Again (John Kennedy 1960)
Keep The Peace Without Surrender (Richard Nixon 1960)
All The Way With LBJ (Lyndon Johnson 1964)
In Your Heart You Know He's Right (Barry Goldwater 1964)
Nixon's The One (Richard Nixon 1968)
Send Them A Message (George Wallace 1972)
He's Making Us Proud Again (Gerald Ford 1976)
I'm Jimmy Carter And I'm Running For President (Jimmy Carter 1976)
The Time Is Now (Ronald Reagan 1980)

And from Britain:

Yesterday The Trenches, Today The Unemployed (Ramsey MacDonald 1923)
Safety First (Stanley Baldwin 1929)
Send Him Back To Finish The Job (Winston Churchill 1945)
Your Future Is In Your Hands (Liberals 1950)
Make Britain Great Again (Liberals 1950)
Life's Better With The Conservatives - Don't Let Labour Ruin It (Conservative Party 1959)
Let's Go With Labour, And We'll Get Things Done (Labour Party 1964)
You Know Labour Government Works (Labour Party 1966)
Yesterday's Men (Labour Party 1970)
Britain Will Win With Labour (Labour Party 1974)
Labour Is The Answer (Labour Party 1979)"
- Campaign Slogans (view on Google Sidewiki)

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