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 ...

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 ...

NPR political editor Ken Rudin visits a convention of campaign memorabilia collectors. It's a strange world, where one battered button can fetch $15,000 at auction. It can sometimes be hard to find ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weeks of TV ads, mailbox flyers and social media posts have all vied for your vote in Tuesday’s Primary Election Day. But when ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“This is a collection of political, advertising and subject (i.e. birds, animals, etc) pin buttons,” Janet Vanderpool wrote to the column asking for an appraisal. “They were collected by my mother’s ...

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 ...