Political humor and memes have fundamentally transformed how societies process and discuss major events, as seen in the current Harris vs Trump election cycle.
During the 2012 presidential debates, Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" comment instantly sparked thousands of memes, making complex gender equality issues more accessible to broader audiences. Similarly, the "Thanks Obama" meme evolution - from sincere criticism to ironic self-referential humor - demonstrated how communities use satire to navigate political frustration.
Similarly, during the frenzy that the US Presidential elections of 2024 brought on, the internet went on and meme-d just about everything to cope, navigate and communicate amongst themselves on a global level, via the internet.
These 15 Kamala Harris memes brought joy amidst the chaotic elections of 2024
1. USA in its socialist era?
Some Republicans have been tweeting about the inevitable rise of socialist policies, dreading Harris' win in the Presidential election.
2. Harris blocks a meme page
As X explodes with Harris vs Trump memes, Kamala took the liberty of presumably blocking the meme page @/GainsAssociates, as posted via a screenshot on the account's page.
3. Staging an inauthentic reaction
A video of Ms. Harris staging a political interaction with a possible voter went viral and was memed about in various contexts; including fake edits as seen in the next meme.
4. What Republicans think of Harris' policies - a meme
In this doctored screenshot, we see X user @/bocxtop recreate a fake interaction with the Presidential candidate illustrating the impression that the majority of right-wingers have about her ideological standpoints.
The consequences of her possible victory were propagated to be harmful exaggerations of liberal policies and Democratic values. This heightened the laughs while highlighting the tensions faced by the Republican population
5. Gender hypocrisy and elections
As rumours about the cause of Harris' rise in popularity spread, with allegations of her "sleeping her way to the top" being a prominent narrative - X users took to point out the discrepancies and gendered inequality in the judgement of the two candidates. This witty tweet made audiences chuckle while scratching their heads, and reevaluating their political stances.
6. Kamala hates squirrels!
Squirrels or the red Trump hat that the furry creature adorns? Hilarious either way!
7. Meme-fication: The real campaigning tool
The rise in political memes has been exponential in the last few years. Noticeably seen during the pandemic, when the only space for communication and discourse amongst citizens was solely digital - the trend of political campaigning needing a social media platform has seemingly stuck around. As tweeted by X user @/hifortesa
"The meme-ification of kamala is a level of publicity campaigns can't even pay for"
8. Stock bros vs Politics
If there's one force that can look past the growing tension between the two parties...its finance bros. The only thing that is more important than a blue and red USA map to these folks, is one highlighting the stock market, which happens to be mostly green.
9. Simulations and predictions
A witty take on the close competition between the two political heads was perfectly encapsulated in this one tweet. Probability amirte!
10. Kamala the chameleon
Republicans took to the X app to point out what they deemed as Harris' changing colors based on the state she aimed to sway in the elections. The comparison to a chameleon got a chuckle out of people on both sides of the spectrum.
11. Revenge on Elon Musk
The recent Trump support from the CEO of X and Tesla, Elon Musk, has garnered quite a bit of attention from audiences worldwide. With one X user @/CantEverDie posting,
"i’m voting for kamala harris in a swing state so that elon musk might kill him self"
12. We're Canadian!
Influencers from Western (but not American) countries have been repeatedly receiving comments from fans inquiring about their political affiliations. The jokester twins, @/VorosTwins took to X to post this,
13. IYKYK
14. Gaga being real AF
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`15. Men vs Menstruation
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