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On social media, especially Twitter, many users use emoji to denote some aspect of their political affiliations. These affiliations range from support of specific presidential campaigns to entire ideologies.
Ideological Emoji
edit| Emoji | Description | Denotation |
|---|---|---|
| 🌐 | Globe | Neoliberalism, Globalism[1] |
| 🌹 | Red Rose | Various degrees of socialism[2] |
| 🥀 | Wilted Flower (shown as a rose) | Opposes Bernie Sanders' movement/Red Rose users[3] |
| 🧦 | Socks | Social Democrat[4][circular reporting?][5][better source needed] |
| 🔧 | Wrench | Ordoliberal[4][circular reporting?] |
| ☭,🚩 | Hammer and Sickle, Red Flag | Communist[6] |
| Ⓐ, 🏴 | A in Circle, Black Flag | Anarchism |
| 🗽 | Statue of Liberty | Libertarianism, Immigration |
| 🦅 | Eagle | Neoconservatism, hawkism/pro-military intervention |
| 🕊️ | Dove | Pacifism, Doveism/anti-military intervention |
| 🏛️ | Classical Building | Pro-institutions |
| 🧢 | Blue Cap | Universal basic income supporter |
| ↙↙↙ | Three Arrows, facing down and to the left | Opposes Nazism, Communism, and Monarchy (based on the Three Arrows symbol) |
| 🔰 | Japanese "Amateur" Chevron | Georgism[7] & Land Value Tax |
| 🚄,🚍 | Train, Bus (any kind) | Public Transportation |
| 🏙,🌆 | City (any) | Urbanism |
| 🥑 | Avocado | YIMBY[8][7][9] |
| 🐣 | Chick in Egg | Generation Z |
| 🇻🇦 | Flag of Vatican City | Catholicism, often Traditionalist Catholicism |
| 🚁 | Helicopter | Anti-communism |
| 🚀 | Rocket | Accelerationism |
| 🌽 | Corn | Free Trade (reference to the Corn Laws) |
| 🥪 | (Bacon) Sandwich | Soft left |
| 👑 | Crown | Longism |
| 🚰 | Potable water (faucet) | Sewer socialism[10], left-urbanism |
United States Presidential Candidate & other electoral Emoji
edit| Emoji | Description | Denotation |
|---|---|---|
| 🍑 | Peach | Favors impeachment of the President[11] |
| 🌊 | Wave | "Blue Wave", or a Democratic Party Congressional sweep |
| 🧢 | Blue Cap | Andrew Yang supporter[12] |
| 🥁,💎,🐊 | Drum, Diamond, Crocodile | Joe Biden supporter[13] |
| 🌺 | Hibiscus | Tulsi Gabbard supporter |
| 🍩 | Donut | Similar to Wilted Rose; support of Hillary Clinton and DNC, and opposition to Bernie Sanders[3] |
| ❌❌ | Red Xs (appear before & after name) | Donald Trump supporter[14] |
| 🐝 | Bee | Pete Buttigieg supporters |
| 🗽,🩸&🦷 | Statue of Liberty, "Blood and Teeth" | Warren 2020 supporters[4][circular reporting?] |
| 👢,🦷,🐴 | Boot, Tooth, Horse | Vermin Supreme supporter |
| 🌻 | Sunflower | Green Party supporters |
| ⚖️ | Scale | Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign supporter |
| ⛄️ | Snow man | Amy Klobuchar 2020 presidential campaign supporter |
Mixed-Use Emoji
editThese emoji appear in multiple tables.
| Emoji | Description | Denotation |
|---|---|---|
| 🌹 | Red Rose | Various degrees of socialism. In United States, typically indicates a supporter of Bernie Sanders |
| 🗽 | Statue of Liberty | Libertarianism, Immigration, or Warren 2020 |
| 🧢 | Blue Cap | Andrew Yang supporter, Universal basic income supporter |
Other Identifying Emoji
editOther emoji may be used to represent politically-adjacent parts of a user's identity, such as their gender, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, or country of origin. Additionally, supporters of Hong Kong, Israel, Palestine, or other governments and states might display the relevant emojis as well.
References
edit- ^ Lekach, Sasha. "The real meaning of all those emoji in Twitter handles". Mashable. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Speedy, Sam. "The movement behind the rose emoji that you probably don't know about". Mashable. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Kelly, Tiffany (August 17, 2017). "Corncob, donut, and wilted flower: Translating liberal Twitter's dumb emoji war". The Daily Dot.
- ^ a b c Zach (May 8, 2020). "Field Guide To Political Emojis". Know Your Meme. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ u/Milskidasith. "What is the deal with Rose Twitter (🌹), Globe Twitter (🌐) and Sock Twitter (🧦)?". r/outoftheloop on Reddit.
- ^ "☭ Communist emoji (communist hammer and sickle symbol of Soviet)". fsymbols.com. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Zuegel, Devon [@housing_wiki] (April 9, 2018). "note, avocado as YIMBY symbol is deprecated among some YIMBYs because it is particularly a Millennial symbol, which #NotAllYimbys are or want to define movement around" (Tweet). Retrieved May 17, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Lin, Margaret (May 15, 2018). "The avocado toast homeownership meme, explained". Curbed. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "Avocado symbol". YIMBYwiki. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ @drooliet (May 10, 2021). (Tweet) https://x.com/drooliet/status/1391980669568434178. Retrieved May 19, 2021 – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Schwedel, Heather (September 26, 2019). "Does the Peach Emoji Still Mean Butt, or Is It a Rallying Cry for Democracy?". Slate. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Yuan, Jada. "The surprising, enduring relevance of Andrew Yang and his ideas". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "r/JoeBiden - What is 💎🐊?". reddit. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "What Does ❌ - Cross Mark Emoji Mean?". Dictionary.com. Retrieved May 17, 2020.