Editorial cartoons for July 17, 2022: Election prospects, economic pain, Webb telescope
The 2022 midterm elections are four months away, and the 2024 presidential election is two years away, but this week’s editorial cartoon gallery offers several commentaries on the prospects for both parties.
In our lead image, Walt Handelsman of the New Orleans Times-Picayune/The Advocate sees Democrats and Republicans being dragged down, respectively, by the weight of President Joe Biden’s unpopularity and former President Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Ha, you’re going down!” the GOP elephant says to the Democratic donkey as they both sink under the waves.
A New York Times/Siena College poll showed 64% of Democrats don’t want Biden to run for a second term and three-quarters of registered voters see the country moving in the wrong direction. Steve Breen of the San Diego Union-Tribune draws a campaign sign with a silhouette of the president leaning on a walker. In Joey…
