Editorial cartoons provide an incisive view on political candidates and often include more provocative or emotional material than textual editorials. A content analysis of editorial cartoons was conducted to examine the portrayals of candidates for the Democratic nomination for the US presidential election of 2020. Themes related to gender, race, and age were a particular focus. Gender stereotypes were more frequent in cartoons about candidates of color; however, this was largely driven by the high number of gender stereotypes in cartoons about Kamala Harris, a biracial Black woman. Race stereotypes were most common in cartoons about Harris and Elizabeth Warren (due to controversy about her claimed Native American ancestry). Age was a central theme only for the candidates who were younger or older than is typical for a presidential nominee. Women were not shown with their spouse more often than men; the only candidate with more than one cartoon including a spouse was Pete Buttigieg. These representations of his husband were likely a coded way to draw attention to his sexuality. As in prior research, women were more likely to be portrayed as violent. Findings support the continued relevance of age, gender, and race in media coverage of political campaigns.

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2020 年美国总统初选中的民主党候选人：社论漫画中对种族、性别和年龄的描绘

社论漫画对政治候选人提供了敏锐的观点，并且通常比文字社论包含更多的挑衅或情感材料。对社论漫画进行了内容分析，以检查 2020 年美国总统大选民主党提名候选人的描绘。与性别、种族和年龄相关的主题是一个特别关注的主题。性别刻板印象在关于有色人种候选人的漫画中更为常见；然而，这主要是由于卡通片中关于混血儿黑人女性卡马拉哈里斯的大量性别刻板印象造成的。种族刻板印象在关于哈里斯和伊丽莎白沃伦的漫画中最为常见（由于关于她声称的美洲原住民血统的争议）。年龄只是比总统候选人典型的年轻或年长的候选人的中心主题。女性与配偶在一起的次数并不多于男性；唯一一位拥有不止一部漫画的候选人是皮特·布蒂吉格（Pete Buttigieg）。他丈夫的这些表现很可能是引起人们注意他的性行为的一种编码方式。与之前的研究一样，女性更有可能被描绘成暴力的。调查结果支持年龄、性别和种族在政治运动的媒体报道中的持续相关性。