List of slogans from presidential campaigns in the United States

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1840-1896

1840

1844

  • "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight" / "Fifty-Four-Forty or War" and "Reannexation of Texas and Reoccupation of Oregon" - by James K. Polk . The first saying is often attributed to Polk and refers to the geographical latitude as the northernmost limit of the Oregon Country , but only arose in the congressional debates that followed the election.
  • "Who is James K.?" / "Who is James K.?" - by Henry Clay
  • "Hurray, Hurray, the Country's Risin '- Vote for Clay and Frelinghuysen!" / "Hurray, Hurray, the country is rising - Vote Clay and Frelinghuysen!" - also by Henry Clay

1848

1852

  • "We Polked you in '44, We shall Pierce you in '52" / "We polked you in 1844 (allusion to James K. Polk and English poke - toast), we will pierce you in 1852 (allusion in English pierce - pierce ”) - by Franklin Pierce

1856

  • "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men, Frémont" / "Free Earth, Free Work, Free Speech, Free People, Frémont" - by John C. Frémont

1860

1864

  • “Don't trade horses in midstream” / “Don't change horses in the middle of the stream” - by Abraham Lincoln .

1868

  • "Let Us Have Peace" / "Let's Have Peace" - by Ulysses S. Grant
  • "Vote as You Shot" / "Choose how you shoot" - also by Ulysses S. Grant

1872

  • "Grant Us Another Term" / "Give Us Another Term" - by Ulysses S. Grant
  • "Turn The Rascals Out" - a slogan directed against Ulysses S. Grant and the era of "Good Stealing".

1876

1884

  • "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" / "Rum, Rom (= Catholic Church) and Rebellion" - a slogan on the part of the Republicans against the opposition and prohibition
  • "Ma, Ma, where's my Pa?" / "Mother, mother, where is my father?" - by James G. Blaine , after Cleveland was elected President, his supporters added: "Gone to the White House, Ha , Ha, ha! "/" He went into the White House, ha, ha, ha! "

1888

1896

  • "Patriotism, Protection, and Prosperity" / "Patriotism, Security and Prosperity" - by William McKinley

1900-1920

1900

  • "Four more years of the full dinner pail" / "For four more years with buckets of dinner" - by William McKinley
  • "Let Well Enough Alone" / "Let's do it alone" - also by William McKinley

1916

  • "He kept us out of war" - by Woodrow Wilson
  • "He proved the pen mightier than the sword." / "His pen was mightier than his sword" - also by Woodrow Wilson

1920

1924-1996

1924

  • "Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge" / "Keep Calm and Keep Coolidge" - by Calvin Coolidge .

1928

  • “Who but Hoover?” / “Who if not Hoover?” - by Herbert Hoover
  • "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" / "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" - also by Herbert Hoover

1932

  • "Happy Days Are Here Again" - by Franklin D. Roosevelt .
  • “We are turning the corner” - by Herbert Hoover, during the Great Depression

1936

  • "Defeat the New Deal and Its Reckless Spending" / "Defeat the New Deal and its reckless spending" - by Alf Landon
  • "Let's Get Another Deck" / "Let's start a new game" - by Alf Landon, he uses a card game metaphor here as an answer to the "new deal" metaphor by Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "Let's Make It a Landon Slide" / "Let's make it a Landon slide (pun with English landslide - landslide, also transferred overwhelming victory)" - by Alf Landon
  • "Life, Liberty, and Landon" / "Life, Freedom and Landon" - also by Alf Landon
  • “Remember Hoover!” / “Remember Hoover!” - by Franklin D. Roosevelt

1940

  • "No Fourth Term Either" / "No more fourth term" - by Wendell Willkie
  • "Roosevelt for Ex-President" / "Roosevelt for Ex-President" - also by Wendell Willkie
  • “There's No Indispensable Man” / “No man is irreplaceable” - also by Wendell Willkie
  • "We Want Willkie" / "We Want Willkie" - Wendell Willkie
  • "Win with Willkie" / "Win with Willkie" - Wendell Willkie
  • "Better A Third Term" - by Franklin D. Roosevelt

1944

  • “Don't swap horses in midstream” / “Don't swap your horses in the middle of the stream” - by Franklin Roosevelt. This slogan was also used by Abraham Lincoln in 1864
  • "We are going to win this war and the peace that follows" / "We will win this war and the peace that follows" - by Franklin D. Roosevelt at the end of the Second World War

1948

  • "I'm just wild about Harry" / "I'm just crazy about Harry" - by Harry S. Truman , from a popular song from 1921, written by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake
  • "Pour it on 'em, Harry!" / "Pour it on, Harry!" - by Harry S. Truman

1952

1956

  • "I still like Ike" / "I still like Ike" - also by Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • "Peace and Prosperity" / "Peace and Prosperity" - Dwight D. Eisenhower

1960

  • "A time for greatness 1960" / "A time for greatness 1960" - by John F. Kennedy , Kennedy also used "We Can Do Better" / "We can do it better"

1964

  • "All the way with LBJ" / "All the way with LBJ" - by Lyndon B. Johnson
  • "In Your Heart, You Know He's Right" / "In Your Heart You Know He's Right" - by Barry Goldwater
  • "In Your Guts, You Know He's Nuts" / "Inside you know he's crazy" - by Lyndon B. Johnson

1968

  • "This time, vote like your whole world depended on it" / "Vote this time as if your whole world depends on it" - by Richard Nixon , invented by Norman Herwood
  • "To Begin Anew ..." / "New start" - by Gene McCarthy
  • "Nixon's the One" / "Nixon is the right one" - by Richard M. Nixon

1972

  • "Nixon Now" / "Nixon Now" - also by Richard M. Nixon
  • "Acid, Amnesty, and Abortion for All" / "Drugs, impunity and abortion for all" - a slogan against the Democratic Party

1976

  • "He's making us proud again" / "He's making us proud again" - by Gerald Ford
  • “Not Just Peanuts” / “Not just little things” - from the former peanut farmer Jimmy Carter
  • "A Leader, For a Change" - also by Jimmy Carter

1980

  • “Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?” / “Are you better off than four years ago?” And “Let's Make America Great Again” / “Make America Great Again” - by Ronald Reagan

1984

  • "It's Morning Again in America" ​​/ "It's Morning Again in America" ​​- also by Ronald Reagan
  • "Where's the Beef?" / "Where's the beef?" - by Walter Mondale

1988

  • "Children, Gentler Nation" / "Gentler Nation" - by George Bush

1992

  • "For People, for a Change" / "For People, for a Change" - by Bill Clinton
  • "It's the economy, stupid" / "It's the economy, you fool" - also by Bill Clinton
  • "It's Time to Change America" ​​/ "It's Time to Change America" ​​- Bill Clinton
  • "Putting People First" - Bill Clinton
  • "Ross for Boss" / "Ross should become boss" - by H. Ross Perot

1996

  • "Building a bridge to the twenty-first century" / "Build a bridge to the twenty-first century" - by Bill Clinton

2000 - to the present

2000

  • “Leadership for the New Millennium” - by Al Gore
  • "Prosperity and Progress" / "Prosperity and Progress" - also by Al Gore
  • "Compassionate Conservatism" / "Compassionate Conservatism" - by George W. Bush

2004

  • "A Safer World and a More Hopeful America" ​​/ "A Safer World and a More Hopeful America" ​​- by George W. Bush
  • "A Stronger America" ​​- by John Kerry
  • "Let America Be America Again" - also by John Kerry

2008

  • " Yes We Can " / "Yes, we can" - by Barack Obama
  • “Change We Can Believe In.” / “Change we believe in”, or, more simply: “Change.” / “Change” - also by Barack Obama
  • “Change We Need.” / “Change We Need” - Barack Obama
  • "Hope" / "Hope" - Barack Obama
  • "Country First" - by John McCain
  • "Reform, prosperity and peace" / "Reforms, prosperity and peace" - by John McCain
  • "People Fighting Back, or We'll fight back" / "Fighting people or fighting back" - by Ralph Nader

2012

  • "Forward" / "Vorwärts" - by Barack Obama.
  • "Believe in America" ​​- by Mitt Romney
  • "Restore America Now" - by Ron Paul
  • "The People's President" - by Gary Johnson
  • "A Green New Deal for America" ​​/ "A New Green Deal for America" ​​- by Jill Stein
  • "Citizenship Matters" - by Virgil Goode
  • "Obama Isn't Working" / "Obama doesn't do his job" or "Obama doesn't work" - by Mitt Romney

2016

  • "A Future To Believe In" / "A Future We Can Believe In" - by Bernie Sanders
  • "Feel the Bern" / "Fühle Bernie" (allusion to the fitness slogan "Feel the burn") - by Bernie Sanders
  • "Hillary For America" ​​/ "Hillary for America" ​​- by Hillary Clinton
  • " Make America Great Again " - by Donald Trump
  • "A New American Century" / "A New American Century" - by Marco Rubio
  • “Courageous Conservatives” / “Committed Conservatives” and “Reigniting the Promise of America” / “Renewed the Promise of America” - by Ted Cruz
  • "Jeb!", "Jeb can fix it" and "All in for Jeb" / "Jeb!", "Jeb does it", "Everything for Jeb" - by Jeb Bush
  • "Heal. Inspire. Revive. ”/“ Healing, Inspiration, Revival ”- by Ben Carson
  • "From Hope to Higher Ground" / "From Hope to a Higher Level" - by Mike Huckabee
  • "New Possibilities. Real Leadership. ”/“ New opportunities. Real Leadership ”- by Carly Fiorina
  • "Defeat the Washington Machine. Unleash the American Dream. ”/“ Fight the Washington machine. Unleash the American Dream ”- by Rand Paul

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edwin A. Miles: "Fifty-four Forty or Fight" —An American Political Legend . In: The Mississippi Valley Historical Review . tape 44 , no. 2 , 1957, p. 291-309 .
  2. ^ Hans Sperber: 'Fifty-Four Forty or Fight': Facts and Fictions . In: American Speech . tape 32 , no. 1 , 1957, pp. 5-11 .
  3. http://observer.com/2016/02/the-surprising-origin-of-feelthebern-meet-the-creator-of-the-viral-hashtag/