As a young stockbroker in New York City during the 1960s, a chance encounter with a political canvasser changed Julius "Desey" Desenberg's life. The canvasser, working for a mayoral candidate ...

A collection presidential campaign pins found in a flea market in New ... our democratic institutions actually work. Behind every political campaign are the consultants who tell candidates what ...

says Liberal election staffers planted buttons at last week’s Canada Strong and Free Network conference in downtown Ottawa. But the scheme unravelled after Liberal campaign workers were caught ...

They’re self-described “scavengers” of the physical objects that make up political campaign history, from candidate buttons to signs, banners and anything else that can enter the Smithsonian ...

He said anti-Trump buttons represented more than ... outselling Donald Trump items 3-to-1.” But political experts note that predictions based on campaign merchandise sales are unscientific.

The value of more recent political memorabilia has taken a bit of a hit through the years because so many outside groups are creating their own buttons, flags and posters and not the campaigns ...

From the 1892 campaign between Democrat Grover ... The collection covers the elections including the current campaigns. Many buttons will also be on display for candidates who never were on ...

Only a day into the Tokyo governor’s election campaign, local officials have faced ... poster to the right edge of the display board with pins. “I’m lucky that my poster stands out, but ...

Can I wear campaign apparel to the polls on Election Day in Iowa? Iowa does allow voters to wear campaign buttons or clothing when they go to vote. They must leave as soon as they are done voting ...

Two Liberal staffers made fake, Trump-style buttons and planted them at a conference of Canadian conservatives last week. But they were exposed after they discussed the plot at an Ottawa bar and ...