The American Political Items Collectors gather in Canton annually. This year collectors weighted in on the upcoming election. Can political campaign button sales predict an election?

That tiny act inspired Desey to spend the next half-century accumulating a massive collection of more than 1,200 political campaign buttons ranging from the late 1800s to today.

Julius Desenberg collected more than 1,000 political campaign buttons throughout his life. Now, they're on display at Rice's Baker Institute.

Scandal in the 1970s ignited demands to ban private donations and protect democracy from secret money and corruption. Bold ...

Campaign buttons have been around since George Washington but Lincoln was the first president to use them strategically as a campaign tool in the 1860 presidential election. Mud slinging ...

In Georgia, another swing state, election workers have been issued with emergency panic buttons because of safety worries there. Since 2020, 17 states have increased protection for polling station ...

Bill Kline, of Elmira, pores over hundreds of political campaign buttons and other memorabilia displayed at the Auburn United Methodist Church during the 43rd annual Political Button Show and Sale ...

Presidential campaign buttons on display in Hallowell Nov. 3 Admission is free, but the church encourages attendees to bring non-perishable items for the Hallowell Food Pantry. Posted October 24, 2024 ...

When scholars from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History attend one of these gatherings, as they do each election, they save everything from hats to buttons to umbrellas to soap ...

Not every campaign button is political. Some supported the late baseball legend Pete Rose and his quest to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ygal Kaufman / Ideastream Public Media. 5 of 7 — ...

AUBURN | Bill Kline looked intently at display cases Saturday searching for campaign buttons of yesteryear bearing the likeness of the 28th president, Woodrow Wilson.