UsedbytheWhigpartyin1840,whenWilliamHenryHarrison,theheroofthebattleofTippecanoe,wastheWhigpresidentialcandidate,andJohnTylerhisrunningmate.
2.54”40’orfight
1844JamesK.PolkADemocraticrallyingcryinthe1844presidentialcampaign,referringtothedisputeoverwhethertheUnitedStatesorGreatBritainownedthePacificNorthwest,whichhadbeenunderjointcontrolsince1818.PolkdemandedthattheUSAtakeovertheentireregion,whichextendedto54”40’northlatitude.In1846,PresidentPolkagreedtoacompromisedividingtheregionatthe49thparallel.
3.Voteyourselfafarm
ReferstotheRepublicanParty’spromiseinthe1860campaigntogivelandintheWesttoanyonewhowouldsettleonit.Unlikesomanycampaignpromises,thisonewaskept,bypassageoftheHomesteadActof1862.
4.Don’tswaphorsesinthemiddleofthestream.别在河中央换马
FirstusedbyRepublicanstopersuadevoterstoreelectAbrahamLincolnin1864.
5．Wedidnotgotowar我们未曾卷入战争.
AphraseusedbyMartinHenryGlynn,aformergovernorofNewYork,
inthekeynotespeechatthe1916DemocraticConvention,whichnominatedWoodrowWilsonforasecondterm.WhenitandotherreferencestoWilson’ssuccessinmaintainingneutralitydrewthunderousapplause,theDemocratsdecidestostressthatargumentinthefallcampaign.
6．Everymanaking.人人皆国王
ThesloganoftheLouisianasenatorHueyLong’sShareOurWealthmovementduringtheGreatDepression.Longproposedtoconfiscateallfortunesofmorethanfivemilliondollarsandallincomesofmorethanonemilliondollars,andtousethemoneytogiveeveryAmericanfamily
ahouse,acar,andanannualincomeoftwothousanddollarsormore.
7.Achickenforeverypot锅锅有鸡.户户有车
Andacarforeverygarage.UsedbytheRepublicansinthe1928presidentialcampaigntosuggestwhattheylikedtocall“Coolidgeprosperity.”
8。Hadenough受够了？
ThequestionwasaskedbytheRepublicansduring1946congressionalelections.Afterfourteenyearsof“Democraticrule”theRepublicansmaintained,itwas“timeforachange”.
9.Achoice,notanecho.选择而非附和
ThepostwarrallyingcryofconservativeRepublicansopposedtonominatingRepublicanswhofavoredacceptingmostNewDealreforms.
When,in1964,theconservativessucceededinnominatingBarryGoldwaterforPresident,theymadewideuseoftheslogan“Inyourheartyouknowhe’sright,”promptingdemocratstoretort...
10.Inyourguts,youknowhe’snuts.你们心里明白他是个疯子
11．apubicofficeisapublictrust.公职乃公众的信托
This1884DemocraticcampaignsloganremindedvotersthattheRepublicancandidatewasbelievedtohavesoldfavorstoarailroadwhileSpeakeroftheHouseinthe1870s.
12.wedoourpart.我们做份内之事
ThemottoofNRA,theNewDeal’sNationalAdministration,wasusedinconjunctionwiththefamousBlueEagleemblemtoidentifytheproductsofcompaniesthathadadoptedNRAcodesoffairbusinesspractices.13.Nixon’stheone.尼克松正是人选
Republicansloganinthe1968presidentialcampaign,sometimesusedbytheDemocratsonpostersbearingthephotographofaverypregnantblackwoman.
2．Theyshotthepresident
1．JohnWilkesBoothshotandkilledLincolninaWashingtontheaterinApril1865.BoothwasarabidConfederatesympathizerwhobelievedslaverywas“oneofthegreatestblessings…Godeverbestoweduponafavorednation.”