Campaign buttons have been a thing since U.S.Presidents have been a thing. Folks have used them as a way to show candidate support since George Washington's run for president. According to Time ...

The American Political Items Collectors (APIC) is a group of history buffs and fans of the political process who treasure the items of the past. Every year in Northeast Ohio APIC gathers for its "Big ...

There are a lot of weird ways to predict the winner of a presidential election. Some people do it based on candidate height. There's a soothsaying monkey known to make the right pick. There's even ...

HOWARDS GROVE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- There's an old saying…don’t tell me where your priorities are, show me where you spend your money, and I'll tell you what they are. One Sheboygan County man racked up ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — From stamps to baseball cards and even coins, many of us had collections when we were growing up. While those collections may have been important to the individual who has ...

HOUSTON – Inside a quiet room at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, you can see the evolution of American politics right before your very eyes. SEE ALSO: Archives of the ...

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, pinned ...

So all the votes have now been counted and the political campaign season is finally over (except maybe for a few lawsuits). The hats, the banners, the signs: all gone. However, the few bits of ...

In the mid-19th century, before the advent of radio and television, office seekers would hold parades to make an impact. They also distributed buttons, some quite extravagant, that could be worn on ...

Chicago is in the midst of uber-competitive citywide campaigns related to the April 4 runoff. We are being bombarded with mailers, brochures, posters, yard signs, TV and social media ads. Campaign ...