I think overall designers have a strong role in politics and the imagary that is portrayed to the public. In the last campaign it was evident that Obama/Biden had a media campaign, as far as logo design and overall webpage. I noticed that as soon as people saw Obama logo they already knew what it stood for. McCain/Palin didnt have such a strong multimedia approach to their campaign. Alot factor persuaded the general public to vote one way or the other. In addion to the graphics in the recent campaign, I think the debates also played a key role.

As designers we have large responsibilty to portray political views and imagery to the public that do reflect some of our own. Sometimes designers have to put moral stance on issues. Some issues are better left to the middle man in graphic arts. Having that said there are some issues that designers can be biased on because of the major influence it has on society. I ntoticed that Obama had more positive imagery in the graphics world compared to that of McCain or Palin. These are some of the example I ran into: