Campaign Button

Name/Title

Campaign Button

Entry/Object ID

1997.13.2

Description

Rectangular campaign button. The background is a wide band of red at the top, a wide band of dark blue at the bottom, and a thin stripe of white in the middle. On the left middle of the button is a white oval outlined in dark blue with "VoTe" printed in letters alternating dark and light blue. The "V" and "T" are in a larger font size than the "O" and "E". In the center is "CLINTON" written in white on the red section, "DEAN" in dark blue on the white section directly beneath, and "RACINE" in white on the blue section directly beneath. On the middle right side "96" is printed in light blue. There is a small logo at the bottom edge.

Context

Democratic campaign button for presidential candidate Bill Clinton, Vermont gubernatorial candidate Howard Dean and Vermont lieutenant governor candidate Doug Racine. Clinton was running for re-election and so was Dean. This was Racine's second try for lieutenant governor, having lost to Republican Barbara Snelling in 1994. He would go on to win re-election three more times, as would Dean, both leaving these offices in 2003.

Acquisition

Accession

1997.13

Source or Donor

Carnahan, John H.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1996

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Pin, Campaign

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pin, Political

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Political

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Belief Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Material

Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Clinton, William Jefferson (b. 1946)

Person or Organization

Dean, Howard Brush (b. 1948)

Person or Organization

Racine, Douglas (b. 1952)