Politics today is performance, and memes are its loudest cheerleaders—spreading fast, shaping beliefs, and signaling identity. Are we debating, or just rooting for our team?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it’s a grinning Joe Biden as “Dark Brandon” or Donald Trump’s face superimposed onto a scene from HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” both presidential campaigns this year have embraced ...

Both presidential campaigns this year have embraced digital memes, the lingua franca of social media.

After the training ends, Organizer Memes tells NPR they're committed to doing more meme classes this year and helping young people talk politics. One meme at a time.

Are dank memes the future of political messaging? Donors and advertisers seem to think so, for better or worse.

Political memes are increasingly prominent in political discourse, and politicians will be using this latest online strategy to attract, infuriate, persuade or bemuse voters.

This year's presidential debates may be remembered as much for what the candidates said as for those witty Internet memes that followed. Experts say the rise of the political meme largely ...

And yet, the political memes that get passed around on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and elsewhere are one of the most compelling and vital forms of communication of the 2016 election.

Both presidential campaigns this year have embraced digital memes, the lingua franca of social media.

Memes can be an edgier, faster way to get a political point across than a block of text or a lengthy video. But online misfires have hurt candidates and created major controversies. Here's a look ...