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Questions

1. Editorial cartoonists often use symbols to represent an idea. What do the elephants symbolize?

2. Write a statement that summarizes the cartoonist’s intended meaning.


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Answers

1. The elephants represent the Republican party.

2. The leaders of the Republican party do not want Donald Trump to win the presidential nomination despite his popularity with many Republican voters. They thought he would have lost his popularity and dropped out of the race by now.