your round one winners

so, it is time to reveal your choices for the best logos in the 2008 united states presidential campaign. in the first round that is. the lists of candidates will be trimmed down to three per party.

we'll have one more "primary" round (in honor of the new hampshire primaries which began today) and then we'll get down to the business of deciding whether its the republicans or the democrats with the better stable of graphic designers at their disposal.

Republican winners:

1. Mitt Romney (31%)
2. Rudy Giuliani (25%)
3. John McCain (15%)

Democrat winners:

1. Barack Obama (42%)
2. Hillary Clinton (33%)
3. John Edwards (17%)

round one voting ends tonight! *UPDATE: NOW CLOSED.

on the eve of the new hampshire primaries, get your last votes in for who you think has the best logo...voting will end in four hours. come on people, vote or die!!!!

sorry p.diddy. or whatever it is you're going by these days.

UPDATE 12:00 AM:

voting in round one is now closed. results tomorrow.

dissecting the 2008 presidential logos

brand autopsy has a good post on the dissection of the candidate's logos in this year's presidential election. the new york times did a great job in 2004 comparing the bush/cheney and the kerry/edwards campaign logos and they've done it again for 2008. check it out. it's a bit on the satirical side but hey...it IS the nyt opinion section! it's still fun.

the iowa: primary voting begins today.

the iowa caucuses begin tonight. in honor of that, our first round of voting on campaign logos will begin today.

this whole idea for a blog just planted itself in my head literally 2 hours ago, so i'm still trying to figure out how to set this up.

i think i will set it up to follow actual primary and general election voting. just to keep it current, ya dig?

this first round will be a primary. all democrat logos will be pitted against each other. the same for the republicans.

please review the ground rules before you do anything. thanks!

ground rules

so, i think some ground rules need to be laid here.

1. this is supposed to be fun.
this is not supposed to be serious. it's just a different and fun spin on an event that will dominate the airwaves for the next 8 months. if it educates people along the way about the people who want to run the united states, then that's a positive bonus.

2. i'm just a graphic designer from denver.
i have no political ambitions or agendas. i do not work for any of these political candidates. i'm just having a little fun with this.

3. it's about the logos.
this is not about the candidate, the party, the issues, or anything else. just vote for which logo you think is best!! if i suspect ballot-box stuffing i will take measures. vote once per day please.

4. play nice.
if you want to comment, by all means, please do. but i won't tolerate political bickering. this is supposed to be something fun that we ALL can participate in without the stigma of the partisan BS we all hear every day all day. just have fun!!

republican party candidates

and for your republicans, again in no particular order...


mitt romney

rudy giuliani

mike huckabee

duncan hunter

john mccain

ron paul

fred thompson

alan keyes. well, he is a candidate but he doesn't even have a logo so he's dq.

democratic party candidates

here's an introduction to your 2008 democratic party candidates, in no particular order:


barack obama

hillary clinton

john edwards

mike gravel

dennis kucinich

joe biden

chris dodd

bill richardson