campaign button

American  

noun

1. a disk-shaped pin worn by a supporter of a political candidate, usually bearing the name of the candidate and often a slogan or the candidate's picture.

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Etymology

Origin of campaign button

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

He looked to his wife, who wore a “Luna for Sheriff” campaign button.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2022

On Tuesday, he delivered a victory speech before a crowd of relatives and supporters, wearing a campaign button from his father’s mayoral bid three decades earlier.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2021

“He’d been out of prison six months, and was a student at the University of Houston-Downtown, running for student-body president. He had a campaign button: ‘Fruit’s Rights Freedom Fighter.’

From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2018

For $2, a person can leave with an old campaign button, including one that reads, “If I were 21, I’d vote for Kennedy.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2018

Stealthily his hand moved to his ticking shirt and removed the campaign button.

From Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese