Down and Dirty: Campaign Collectibles

All images courtesy Jordan Wright And the Museum of Democracy
Wooing voters with posters and knicknacks is a time-honored practice--along with finding ways to smear, slur, and otherwise undermine the competition. Jordan Wright's extraordinary collection of American campaign memorabilia, 'Campaigning for President' (Smithsonian Books/HarperCollins) captures the nation's political history in all its feistiness. Here, a sampling of relics from a noble and less-than-noble past.

Editor's Note: Jordan Wright passed away suddenly this summer. He was 50 years old.

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