Every presidential hopeful, whether Republican, Democrat or independent, launched a campaign for the White House. And win or lose, every campaign left a trail of collectibles. Buffy Gorrilla spent ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 honor of Presidents' Day, we visit with the folks who collect presidential memorabilia — from pictures of presidential dogs to many many campaign buttons, to deep dives on just one president. Every ...