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Top 10 Promotional Products for Boosting Political Campaign Awareness

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Whether it’s a run for mayor, city council, governor, congress, senate, or even president, it is imperative to quickly and effectively get the word out and spread support for your favorite candidate. Buttons, pins, magnets, signs and more are popular and cost-effective tools for promoting political campaign candidates, parties or movements. The right messaging and aesthetic of your promotional products can help gain traction and improve recognition for any campaign, regardless of size.

Political Promotion Item Experts

Fortunately, Custombuttons.com has the expertise and capabilities to serve as a one-stop shop for all your political campaign promotion needs. We offer fast-track production time and guaranteed delivery dates on orders of 1 to 1 to 100,000+ for all of your promotional product needs. We utilize a full selection of sizes and finishes, including the industry’s most durable, highest quality mylar finish, so that you know your custom promotional products are in line with your campaign vision.

Read about the unique features and benefits of our 10 best political campaign promotional products below or contact a Custombuttons.com representative for more information on our selection of custom promotional magnets.

Button Pins

Button pins are a perfect way to improve campaign awareness and gain high-volume exposure. Because these pins can be worn with virtually any article of clothing, they are perfect for large-scale promotions. While digital ads and commercials can be spendy, button pins allow wearers to repeatedly promote your campaign with just a single purchase.

Magnetic Button Pins

Magnetic button pins feature a 2-piece button assembly with a strong magnetic backing and function similar to button pins, only they avoid puncturing clothing with a pin. These magnetic promotional products are ideal for candidates, businesses, corporate environments and other instances in which it’s important to promote messaging without leaving a pinhole in one’s clothing.

Fridge Magnets

Fridge magnets can be used in offices, restaurants, parks, schools and as giveaway promotional products to help support your political campaigns. Magnets are durable, easily customizable and can be mylar-topped to ensure your messaging really pops. Our new retail size 2.5 x 3.5″ provides even more space for you to make an impression.

Die-Cut Flexible Fridge Magnets

Flexible fridge magnets provide added durability as they can withstand bending, twisting and folding without taking significant damage. These die-cut magnets are customizable to your exact designs.

Door Hangers

Door hangers are a great marketing tool for promoting your campaign in specific neighborhoods, streets, houses, apartment complexes, offices and more. These door hangars can include campaign information and even direct people to landing pages, events and more.

Yard Signs

Yard signs are one of the most popular methods for displaying your campaign imagery and messaging to the public. These durable, versatile outdoor signs work great on lawns and alongside roads for political campaign promotions. They are easy to install and can be double-sided.

Banners

Banners offer the largest possible surface area for promoting your political campaigns. Banners can be made as large as 5’ x 12’ and can be available in just 5 business days. For custom, reinforced viny political promotion banners that are both sizeable and portable, look to Custombuttons.com.

Clip Buttons

Clip buttons, or bulldog clip buttons, rely on a spring-loaded metal clip on the back to hold on tight to your shirt, fit outside of your pocket, on a landyard or in other applications. These clips function similarly to a button pin but without causing pinholes. These clips clamp hard and pivot to the right position to ensure they stay attached and your clip is seen.

Stickers

Stickers / Decals are the fastest and easiest way to promote your campaign or event. These stickers are easy to distribute and can be used everywhere, from laptops and water bottles to cars. Your stickers can be customized to your exact design specifications.

Bottle Opener

Custom magnetic bottle openers are great giveaway promotional items for advertising your campaign or event. Our 2.25″ magnetic bottle openers are the perfect size to fit in your pocket.

Fully Customizable Political Campaign Promotional Item Applications

In addition to being ideal promotional tools for increasing campaign awareness, our promotional products are perfect for fundraisers and keepsakes for political candidates of all levels.

Protest And Activist Buttons & Magnets

Custombuttons.com can provide a unique button design that exemplifies your support causes. With a near limitless amount of unique design and customization options to choose from, we have a button that is right for you.

“I Voted” & Voter Awareness Products

Whether you’re looking for a standard “I Voted” button or an “I Voted” button that encompasses a specific candidate or political campaign, Custom Buttons can provide you with a unique color or design scheme that will truly impress.

Durable Campaign Buttons

Our buttons are produced using high-quality, USA-made 2-piece parts that will stand the test of time, delivering a custom button that you will be proud to wear or give out.

Why Choose Custombuttons.com For Promotional Products

Custombuttons.com is an established industry leader in the custom button, custom magnet and promotional product industries. Some benefits to choosing Custombuttons.com as your promotional product manufacturer include:

Fast-Track Delivery Option

For those of you who need your products FAST, we offer our Fast-Track button production option of 1-4 day & Same Day Service at check out. When choosing Fast-Track production / shipping date at checkout, your costs are already calculated using the most cost-effective way to meet your guaranteed in-hand delivery date. All of our promotional products are100% printed and produced in Phoenix, AZ USA by a family-owned business

Contact Custombuttons.com to Order The Best Promotional Products For You!

For more information regarding bulk promotional product options, Contact Us, reach us by phone at 623-445-9975 or fill out our Hassle FREE Quote form and one of our legendary customer support specialists will provide you with a free and detailed consultation to assist in exceeding your expectations.

Choosing The Best Promotional Materials For Political Campaigns

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The notion of “Hitting the campaign trail” has become infinitely more daunting as advertising techniques have transformed from the standard wooden sign held by an enthusiastic constituent to the intricacies of the digital world.

The process of launching a campaign has become increasingly daunting for campaign managers during an era in which every step in the election process is crucial to a campaign’s success.

While the campaign trail itself has developed a few additional twists and turns, the effectiveness of using buttons, magnets, and additional customized wearable promotional items hasn’t diminished. Custombuttons.com has remained an industry leader in producing memorable, eye-catching and fully customized political campaign materials for years. We have the design support, product offering and capabilities to fulfill order that you need, when you need them.

Gain insights into how to design custom magnets, buttons and more on our website or contact us today to get started creating cost-effective promotional items customized to your campaign.

Political Campaign Promotional Material

Political Campaign Buttons, Magnets & Additional Products

Our political buttons provide any campaign with a simple but effective advantage: the same button can be worn every day, while a message on a shirt or item of clothing cannot. We also offer pinhole-free buttons for instances and events in which creating a small hole in a piece of clothing isn’t ideal.

While every button and magnet is designed to meet your specific needs, we are proud to be your trusted supplier of single or bulk  custom promotional buttons, magnetic back buttons, novelty fridge button magnets, zipper pulls®, stickers / decals, lanyards and more.

Why Choose Custombuttons.com For Political Campaign Materials

At Custombuttons.com, we have established ourselves as a premium designer of political materials that are sure to make an impression. We are trusted by both independent artists and major brands nationwide for our customizable buttons, magnets, zipper pulls and more. Our unique array of benefits include:

  • Serving orders of all sizes
  • Guaranteed delivery dates
  • Easy customization options
  • Competitive prices
  • Fast-track production
  • Digital proofs for accuracy
  • New matte finishes & more

If you would like further information, please contact us or call 623-445-9975 and one of our Custom Button specialists will assist you.

Custom Buttons Manufactured From Your Designs

While political buttons and magnets are small in size, their impact can dramatically affect the awareness of your campaign. Certain details must be considered in order to ensure that our stylings match your messaging. Fonts, colors and sizes are all factors that can greatly impact the effectiveness of any political tool. While we have experience custom designing buttons, pins and other promotional products, we want to make sure that we feature your voice and narrative in every piece that we manufacture. In addition to offering a free digital proof with every order, we have a full-service graphics department that can make your vision become a reality or work with your own artwork in order to create a button or magnet that is sure to pop.

Gain an Edge With Our Value-Added Services For political Campaign Advertising

While we specialize in buttons and magnets, we are proud to be a trusted manufacturer and supplier of premium quality political promotional products for clients big and small. Additional products include:

Political Campaign Marketing Kits

A marketing kit is a convenient and cost-efficient strategy for promoting awareness, showcasing your products or services and creating a narrative or slogan that allows you to make an impression on your target audience. Marketing kits allow you to optimize your marketing efforts by creating a variety of exciting, tangible, customized products that allow you to showcase your campaign to a broader audience. These kits can include buttons, magnets, pins, and additional pamphlets about your complete list of products or services. This array of unique products can be customized to emphasize your brand messaging, differentiate you from your competition, target high-priority clients or outline your product or service.

Proposition Buttons For Ballet Initiatives

If your button and magnet needs aren’t intended to bolster or align with a political campaign or cause, Custombuttons.com has experience working with promotional products for ballot initiatives. We are a Nationally Certified Woman-Owned business that only manufactures products in America, so we know the importance of having your voice heard. Our extensive experience making promotional items, in addition to our unmatched service capabilities, will allow us to drive awareness for voting processes and additional ballot initiatives. We have made pins and promotional products for charities and causes big and small, and we are confident that we can help you achieve your promotional objectives.

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Contact Us, reach us by phone at 623-445-9975 or fill out our Hassle FREE Quote form and one of our legendary customer support specialists will provide you with a free and detailed consultation to assist in exceeding your expectations.

How To Wear Your Custom Buttons and Other Backing Options

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This blog features different way your can wear your custom buttons and our other button backing options.

When you are creating or designing your custom button, most business owners don’t think about one crucial detail…how is anyone going to wear or show off their buttons? Most people choose the pin-back style buttons because that might be what they are the most familiar with. There are however, more than just that one way to wear a button or even display a button.

Benefits of Making Your Own Custom Buttons

While standard wearable buttons have been used to advertise products, brands and more for over a century, customizable buttons are back, and advertisers small and large are taking notice. Small batch custom button orders have been climbing due to a shift in popular culture and the versatility they offer independent businesses and large corporations alike. Custom Buttons offers state-of-the-art digital print press technology for brighter images with quick turnaround times so that you can market, celebrate or showcase your brands for a number of applications, such as:

  • Business Promotions
  • Political Campaigns
  • Souvenirs
  • Tradeshow Events
  • Independent Artists & More

Custom buttons remain a cost-effective method for advertising, celebrating, or just showing off. Find a solution for any occasion by visiting our product information page today.

How to Wear Custom Button Products

Whether your business marketing acumen is more geared towards button pins, button magnets, stickers or another custom tangible button promotional product, CustomButtons.com has what it takes to promote your brand or image. 

Custom Buttons can easily be fastened to:

  • Collars
  • Suit Jackets
  • Ties
  • Hats
  • Backpacks
  • Scarfs
  • Hair Ties & More!

Custom Buttons offers the opportunity to add a flare of wearable expression to any outfit. Custom Buttons provides personalized, small to large batch solutions to benefit vendors and sellers of all sizes.

Why Choose Custom Buttons?

At Custom Buttons, we have established ourselves as a premium collector for custom buttons that last a lifetime. We are trusted by both independent artists and major brands nationwide for our customizable buttons, magnets, zipper pulls and more. Our unique array of benefits include:

  • Serving Orders of All Sizes
  • Guaranteed Delivery Dates
  • Competitive Prices
  • New Matte Finishes & More

If you would like further information, please Contact Us or call 623-445-9975 and one of our Custom Button specialists will assist you.

Custom Button Styles

Our Traditional Pin Back Buttons can be fastened to shirts, hats, backpacks and most common wearable fabrics.

Clothing Magnets and Bulldog Clips function in a similar method to our Traditional Pin Back Buttons but use a clip instead of creating a pin hole for ID,s Labels and more.

Zipper Pulls attach to the zipper component of backpacks and suitcases and are a great way to promote brand awareness for sports organizations, schools and more.

Mirror Backs and Bottle Openers provide you with the ability to promote your brand or celebrate special occasions through our functional novelty items.

Learn more about our unique product offering by reading our product descriptions by following the links or reading the product descriptions below.

Traditional Pin-Back Button

The standard backing choice is the pin-back button style, which allows you to wear your custom buttons with the clip of a jewelers pin.

A pin-back button can simply be fastened to a shirt, hat, or bag using the jeweler’s safety pin mechanism. Cool fact, the first design for a pin-back button was patented in 1896. Modern buttons are modeled after that patent in very much the same way! Patent holders, Whitehead and Hoag said, “My present invention has reference to improvements in badges for use as lapel pins or buttons, or other like uses, and has for its primary object to provide…a novel means for connecting the ornamental shell or button to the bar or pin for securing the badge to the lapel of the coat.”

While pin-back buttons may not seem like much of an invention, in 1896, zippers hadn’t even been invented! Early campaign buttons had to be sewn onto the lapel or worn as a pendant. So the pin-back button was quite the revolutionary product.

Today, the pin-back buttons is the most cost effective option for those who are on a budget. From sizes starting at 7/8” all the way to 6” with rectangles, squares, and ovals in between, there is a button size and shape for every need! To order standard pin-back buttons, click here!

Clothing Magnet

If you’d rather your buttons not poke holes in your clothes, the bar magnet is a great choice! This small, powerful magnet is a fantastic backing option for larger buttons that might stretch clothes if they were attached with a pin. This back is also a great option for places that want to reuse their custom buttons amongst employees, or have a lot of buttons to choose from.

For instance, a fast food restaurant might order their custom buttons with a bar magnet, and just keep them all in a drawer in the main office. Employees can easily swap out the buttons each shift without poking dozens of holes in their uniforms. Our clothing magnets come in two different sizes, a small round magnet and a bar magnet.

Depending on the size of the buttons that you order is what size clothing magnet will be used for your order. Both are powerful magnets and even stick to magnetic or metal surfaces like refrigerators! To order clothing magnets, click here!

Bulldog Clips

Bulldog clip backs look a lot like badge clips. The bulldog clip is attached to the back of the button and can easily be clipped onto a lapel or pocket so you don’t have to push a pin through your shirt. Bulldog clips are also great for attaching ID tags to lanyards. To order bulldog clips, click here!

When choosing how your employees or customers are going to wear your buttons you have to figure out how they will be wearing them. If they will constantly be removing and putting the button back on, a bar magnet or bulldog clip fastener is probably a better choice because those won’t poke holes in their clothes. However the downside to those types of backings is, they can be a little more expensive, so if you are designing your custom buttons on a budget the traditional pin-back button style might be a better choice.

Other Backing Options

Other than the standard pin-back buttons, clothing magnets, and bulldog clip backing options, we also have Zipper Pulls®, Fridge Magnets, Bottle Openers, and Mirror Backs. These backing types have some limited size options due to how they are made.

Zipper Pulls®

Zipper Pulls® are a 1” or 1.25” button that has a backing that allows it to be clipped to a zipper. They are an advertising tool for a variety of industries including sports teams, ski resorts, schools, trade shows, and more! They are a great way to show off your brand or create awareness. To order Zipper Pulls®, click here!

Fridge Magnets

Fridge magnets are a way to show off your custom button designs on the refrigerator or a metal surface. The custom button magnets are made using the same production process, however the backing type parts are different. Fridge magnets use a flat back metal part or an unpinned back (depending on the size of the magnet button). This type of magnet is stronger and longer lasting than the flexible fridge magnets you would normally see. To order fridge magnets, click here!

Bottle Openers

Bottle Openers come in one size currently, the 2.25” round. The backing is a black polypropylene plastic with a metal bottle opener. It also has a magnet to either hang your bottle opener up while it’s not in use or catch the bottle cap when opening the bottle! Bottle openers are great for breweries, gifts, or even advertisements for beverage companies! To place an order for bottle openers, click here!

Mirror Backs

Mirror Backs, like the bottle openers, come in one size the 2.25” round. They have a mirror on the back and your custom design on the front! They are great for people on the go.  It is compact enough to carry it in your purse or your makeup bag. So, you will never be without a mirror again. You can order mirror backs here!

Whether you, or your customers are planning on wearing your custom buttons or displaying your custom buttons with one of our other backing types, we are here to help! We can be reached by phone (623-445-9975) or by email (sales@custombuttons.com) or even by chat on our website Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 5PM Arizona Time. Our team of button specialists can help you with quoting your project and determining the best options for you.

We are prepared to help every step of the way! As our Founder and President, Maura Statman, likes to say, “We’re in this business because Everyone Loves Buttons®!”

Contact Custom Buttons Today

Custom Buttons has experience working with vendors from a variety of industries. Get in touch with our sales team online or call us at 623-445-9975 and let us bring your design to life.

Five Reasons Why Custom Button’s Button Pins Make Great Marketing Tools

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Button pins are perfect for give-a-ways, advertising (for employees to wear), fundraising, or purchasing for resale for a profit in today’s retail environment by having us pin your buttons to a customized Button Card (custom pack) or as a front counter Button Box (impulse sales).

They are everywhere, just look around, and just as fashionable and popular today as they were in simpler times past. Buttons have NEVER gone out of style and will endure well into the future as long as there is something to say and a place to pin them on you can’t go wrong purchasing and wearing a button to get your message out.

1. Button Pins Travel Like the Internet: Fast!

They are the perfect size to Express Yourself. Companies love to use custom button pins for marketing their brand because they are “silent salesman” for employees and mini billboards being paraded through town by satisfied customers. And, people take them wherever they go on their backpacks, jackets, hats and more! What’s a better consumer endorsement than seeing your brand on others?

2. Button Pins are Super Affordable and Effective

Businesses big and small love to purchase them because they are inexpensive and are very effective at catching customers’ attention.

In fact, the more you purchase the more money you save. They are also popular with politicians because they can be handed out by the hundreds at rallies while staying in budget, or by organizations fighting for a cause using them as a fundraising option. An economical choice that produces great results time and time again!

3. Custom Button Pins are Fantastic Emotional Triggers

All those great memories of days gone by… Go through a keepsake box from high school or college and you will likely find a stack of tin pins.

They take us back to a simpler place in time, holding the memories of our first rock concert, campaign election or favorite brand growing up. These days buttons can be custom printed to commemorate a birth, anniversary or class reunion. They have crossed over many genres, and still continue to evolve.

4. Buttons are Timeless

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of going to an antique show or state fair, you probably stumbled across some from years past.

Collectors love to assemble a collection of buttons used in promoting products like cigarettes, cereals and gum. Today’s businesses still see the value in advertising their products with them because they are in such high demand as collectors items. The more original and unique the artwork and catchphrase, the better the chances your tin pins are going to become a timeless piece of advertising history.

5. Buttons are Just plain FUN!

Let’s not beat around the bush, button pins have had such a long life because they are fun for young and old alike.

Whether you are advertising a fast-food chain, fundraising for a worthy cause, an event at your school or university, political candidate, birthday party or just trying to express yourself, and they are sure to make us smile. What better way to advertise a product than with a piece of history that has captivated people for centuries and will continue to do so for centuries to come.

Your Trusted Custom Button Pin Supplier

We have the sizes and shapes that will generate the most return on investment and get noticed, as well as the quality, value, and service you are looking for.

With a low up-front cost, our button pins are a great choice to help advertise, raise funds, or retail and generate a generous profit for you individually, your organization, or your company. Give us a call today at (623) 445-9975 to discuss the many product and custom packaging options available to you.

The Most Famous Political Campaign Button

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Some people collect stamps or coins, while others invest in baseball cards or Barbie® dolls. But there is also a whole world of collectors whose item of choice is the political campaign button. One appraiser said that political buttons are like a “microcosm of political history for the 20th century”, with many treating them with the same reverence given to the first American flags, the Declaration of Independence, and other artifacts from America’s past. It does not matter if you are a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, campaign buttons are invaluable pieces of American history.

Early Political Campaign Buttons

George Washington wore the first political button, a clothing button made of brass, in 1789 at his first Presidential inauguration with the phrase “G.W.-Long Live the President.” The slogan was based off the British’s Long Live the King cry. An original George Washington cloth button could now easily be worth tens of thousands of dollars.

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin ran for the Presidency. Many believe that Lincoln was the first president to use buttons as a true campaign tool. Political button pins during this era started to feature daguerreotypes of the candidates and is the first time portraits ever appeared on campaign buttons. One of these buttons, in perfect condition, would be worth over $1000 to most modern collectors.

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Photo: Library of Congress

The first mass production of metal buttons, the design we are familiar with today for most campaigns, happened during the 1896 William McKinley campaign for president. These campaign buttons were “celluloid” buttons, with one side of a metal disk covered with paper containing the printed message, and protected by a layer of clear plastic.  It’s ironic that campaign button pins haven’t changed much over the years; political buttons are still produced with a metal casing, covered with paper and protected by clear plastic we call mylar. The only difference is that we now have a jewelers safety pin attached to the button back.

One of the most famous uses of campaign buttons occurred during the 1940 U.S. presidential election, when Wendell Willkie’s campaign produced millions of buttons in response to news stories about President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It reads: “That’s right Franklin, Spinach is Spinach”. According to NPR, this button can be traced back to a New Yorker cartoon, where a mother and daughter are sitting around a dinner table. The mother says “It’s broccoli, dear”, while the daughter pushes away the plate and responds, “I say it’s spinach and I say the hell with it.” This is to suggest Willkie’s nature it to “tell it like it is”, while Roosevelt is guilty of spinning the truth.

Political Campaign Button Prices

Aside from the Washington button, the price of past campaign buttons doesn’t always rise in relation to its age. Some of the most popular buttons have sentimental value attached to them, such as buttons created for the Kennedy Presidential campaign. “A Kennedy-Humphrey button can be worth $300-$500. This outranks even Lincoln, Roosevelt and Huey Long memorabilia,” said collectibles writer Joyce Worley. Obviously the more obscure buttons, such as those with spelling errors, are considered more collectible simply because they are harder to come by.

“Since the turn of the century, the political button has just dominated the political advertising, until television came in. Now it’s a dying art.” Political campaign button collectors are hoping to preserve the art and the history that is inherently a part of those buttons for generations to come. Whether it’s for President, Governor, Mayor or local election campaign, button pins will stand the test of time.  

Showing support (or disdain) for presidential candidates through button pins is a practice nearly as old as the office of the 1st U.S. President George Washington, and over time it has evolved with the changing political landscape we are living in today.  Campaign Button Pin history may be hundreds of years old, but still remain wearable signs of the times.  Even today’s COVID-19 themed campaign buttons will become part of a collection one day.

Button pins are now making a comeback as they can be seen from a safe 6 foot distance and can be customized to your needs. Who knows, the buttons we make for you might become collectable 100 years from now!

Questions?

If you have any questions about your custom button order or the ordering process, you can always give us a call at 623-445-9975, or send us an email at sales@custombuttons.com. You can also reach us through the chat feature on our website during business hours (8am-5pm Arizona Time). We are here to help in every step of your button ordering process, from beginning your order to shipping your buttons for delivery.

As always, we are in this business because Everyone Loves Buttons®!

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Everyone Loves Buttons wants you to get out and vote!

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Every four years, we the people of the United States of America are able to enjoy the freedom of electing our nation’s leader. Everyone has an opinion on how he or she thinks the country could be run better, and this is the time of the year to express those opinions by voting for the candidate that best reflects your ideals.

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It doesn’t matter whether you are a Democrat, a Republican or an independent. It only matters that you get out and make your voice heard by voting this upcoming Tuesday, November 8th.

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Political season can be a long, grueling and sometimes unpleasant experience, but it is necessary to reflect the change that this country needs. So cast your ballot, make your voice heard and we will see you at the Midterm elections in 2018.

5 Ways to Support Your Candidate This Political Season

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  1. A picture is worth a thousand words, a t-shirt is worth more.

Political T-shirts

What a person wears is the most expressive way for someone to portray themselves to the general public. Nobody has time to explain their interests, hobbies or beliefs to everyone they see walking down the street. So why not wear them? A political t-shirt is the perfect way to show your support without having to explain yourself.

  1. You drive everywhere. Bumper stickers go where you go.

Political Bumper Stickers

Probably the most common way to show one’s support for a candidate is to slap a bumper sticker on your car and take your candidate everywhere you go. Everyone has seen them. So whether you’re in support of Trump or Hillary, or even if you’re just trying to keep the Bernie movement alive, don’t forget to drive in style with your political bumper sticker.

  1. Make coffee great again by waking up with your candidate.

Political Mugs

Do you have dreams of a better America? Do you know who can make that happen for you? Whether you’re waking up or having an afternoon cup of joe at work, a political mug is the perfect way to show your support for a better tomorrow.

  1. Keep your head in the game by wearing a hat to support your candidate.

Political Hats

As I mentioned above, what you wear is the first thing someone notices when they see you in public. If you are passionate about your candidate, you should show your support as much and as often as you can. A t-shirt can be worn once a week or so, but a hat can be worn day-in and day-out. So cap off this political season by wearing your candidate’s hat to show your support.

  1. Pin it to win it. Wear your candidate’s button everywhere you go.

Political Buttons

Buttons are perfect for showing your support for your candidate on a daily basis. You can wear your button with any outfit, or you can pin it to your backpack, purse, jacket, etc. The possibilities are endless for your political button, as you can choose to create a magnetic button as opposed to the standard pin back. A magnetic version can be worn or simply placed on the fridge or filing cabinet. Buttons may provide the most versatile ways to show your support this political season.

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Ultimately, the important thing is that you get out and vote. You can be the difference between the change you want to see and the change you don’t. Make your voice heard by supporting your candidate proudly.

How to Use Campaign Buttons During Political Season

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Buttons are the oldest form of politicking here in the US. Political buttons date as far back as President George Washington and the first mass production of metal buttons (similar to the ones used today) go all the way back to the 1896 William McKinley campaign for president. Today, politicians at every level of local and national government use buttons during their campaign to drum up support and sway votes.

Here Are Four Ways You Can Use Custom Campaign Buttons During a Political Campaign:

Use Political Campaign Buttons to Educate People on Your Views

If teachers in your community are striking for better pay do you support their stance or that of the school board? If a developer wants to knock down the old community center to build a mall whose side do you take? It’s important that people understand what your views are so they know whether or not you are the kind of candidate you want to vote for. In most elections, your core base of constituents are those that agree with your political viewpoints. The worst thing a politician do during their campaign is not take a stand for or against something! People don’t like to vote for a politician when they don’t know where that candidate stands on key issues. A button that states “Vote No on Amendment Two” clearly shows people where you stand on that proposition and leaves no room for confusion.

Remind the Community of When and Where to Vote

Getting people to the ballot box is hard enough even when it’s the national Presidential election, so getting your community to the polls for a local election is a massive feat. Buttons are a great way to remind people in your town when and where they can go to vote. You need to hammer that date/location into their minds time and time again in order for it to stick, so alongside community news bulletins, signs, and banners, buttons act as walking billboards to help get the message out.

Buttons Look Great on Camera

If the local news channel comes to an event you can bet they’re taking a lot of B roll footage of the crowd. If all your supporters are there wearing custom buttons with your name on them that’s basically free TV advertising! Buttons are also a great way to help get your name out at a debate that may have multiple candidates speaking, so even if someone doesn’t see your speech they see your name on camera while others are talking.

Give Buttons Away to Volunteers/Fundraisers

No political campaign could happen without a huge influx of volunteers and fundraisers. Create buttons that say “I Support [Your Name]” and ask them to wear those buttons even when they aren’t actively campaigning. Having those people publically throwing their support behind you in their everyday lives can make or break a political campaign. These buttons show that you have real support in your community.

Everyone Loves Buttons in Action – Campaign Buttons

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Everyone Loves Buttons has created dozens, if not hundreds, of political campaign buttons for candidates on both side of the political aisles. Right now the gubernatorial race in Arizona is heating up and just the other night our CEO Maura Statman and her daughter brought campaign buttons to an event for Arizona’s gubernatorial and congressional candidates. Maura’s daughter had the chance to take a photo with gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey, wearing his new custom political campaign button! The meet-and-greet featured several other Congressional candidates including: Congressional Candidate Andy Tobin, District 1 Congressional Candidate Col. Martha McSally, District 2 Congressional Candidate Lt. Col. Wendy Rogers, District 9 As woman-owned business, it was especially inspiring to meet Col. McSally and Lt. Col. Rogers. Col. Martha McSally was the first woman in U.S. history to command a Fighter Squadron in combat, earning the Bronze Star and 6 air medals for her combat leadership and 325 combat hours in the single-seat A-10 Warthog. Lt. Col. Wendy Rogers is one of the first 100 women pilots in the U.S. Air Force. Regardless of what political party you belong to, campaign buttons have been used for the larger part of American history to show support for and promote political candidates or other views. Andrew Jackson was one of the first people to mass-produce political buttons during his presidential campaign in 1824. President Abraham Lincoln and his opponents had the first election buttons that were made with tin type or ferrotype photographs. The first mass production of metal buttons, the design we are familiar with today for most campaigns, happened during the 1896 William McKinley campaign for president.

5 of the Most Famous Presidential Campaign Slogans

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The best political campaign slogans are typically easy to remember, easy to repeat, and convey a clear message that people can really get behind. Campaign slogans get printed on buttons, banners, bumper stickers, t-shirts, posters, billboards and more, so it’s got to be good! And a truly great campaign slogan is something that people remember for years to come, and compare other slogans to over the years.

Here are five of the most famous Presidential campaign slogans:

“I like Ike.”

This is arguably one of the most famous campaign slogans of all time. Dwight. D Eisenhower used it in both the 1952 and 1956 Presidential elections. For the 1952 Presidential campaign, Irving Berlin wrote Eisenhower’s campaign song and Walt Disney Studios made one of his television ads, the first political campaign ad aired on TV.

“A chicken in every pot. A car in every garage.”

This slogan was created for Herbert Hoover, the Republican presidential candidate in 1928. The slogan was supposed to instill the belief that everyone would prosper under Hoover as President. The phrase actually has its origins in seventeenth century France when Henry IV reputedly wished that each of his peasants would enjoy “a chicken in his pot every Sunday.”

“Don’t change horses in midstream.”

In 1864 America was embroiled in the Civil War, but the Presidential election had to happen regardless. This campaign slogan was used by Abraham Lincoln to convince the public that changing the (Union) President during the middle of war would be a catastrophe.

“I propose a new deal.”

Franklin D’s Roosevelt’s “New Deal” was a series of programs created by the federal government in response to the Great Depression. The New Deal produced a political realignment that is still in play today. By 1936 the term “liberal” typically was used for supporters of the New Deal (the Democrats), and “conservative” was used for its opponents (mostly Republicans).

“A time for greatness.”

This was the slogan promoting John Kennedy for president and Lyndon Johnson for vice president in 1960. This campaign slogan was also used to name Norman Rockwell’s original illustration for LOOK magazine, which depicts John F. Kennedy receiving the acclamation of his party at the Democratic National Convention. His”A time for greatness” political brochure helped JFK break all vote-getting records in winning re-election by 873,000 votes, carrying every city and county in Massachusetts, winning by 3-1 margin and taking the entire State Democratic ticket in with him.