Yes, this year the Portuguese national election produced some funny posters, and cows have a central part in them 😂
Last year I published a semiotic/political analysis of all the right-wing posters across Lisbon. You can find the article here 👇 populismobserver.com/2023/03/06/s...
When I go to the office, I usually take the bike lane along Avenida da República, one of the principal arteries of Lisbon. All political parties rely on the traffic to force the countless drivers to s...
PAN finally did it. They put out fun a billboard recalling the ads for a bed of a famous company that sells ready-to-assemble furniture. In line with PAN's anti-bullfight stance the billboard says: Bullfights only in bed. And with consent. Possibly the best billboard of the 2024 elections (so far).
Portugal is Possible. Ossanda Liber. (ND) 1) Political message: 5/10 (although Portugal has been existing for almost 1000 years) 2) Aesthetics: 5/10 (blue, water, sky...neutral evil?) 3) Overall: 5/10 (soothing and dystopic in equal parts)
100% Partido Novo. Dignified future. "Austrian school of economics". 100% life. 100% freedom. 100% private property. 100% traditional family. 1) Political message: 1/10 2) Aesthetics: 1/10 3) Overall: 1/10 (but it makes my day everytime I see it, it's so bad it's actually funny)
In liberal countries the workers earn more. Less taxes, more salaries. (IL) 1) Political message: 1/10 (isn't Portugal a liberal country?) 2) Aesthetics: 10/10 (socialist realism in a neoliberal poster in 2024??) 3) Overall: 5/10
Traditions change: it's called evolution! Abolish bullfighting now! (PAN) 1) Political message: 7/10 2) Aesthetics: 6/10 3) Overall: 6.5/10
Too much is too much. Control prices, tax illegal profits, increase salaries. (BE) 1) Political message: 8/10 2) Aesthetics: 6/10 3) Overall: 7/10
