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Many Uses for Political Enamel Pins
The first thing to come to mind when you think about political lapel pins might be flag pins. Particularly during election season, you’d be hard pressed not to notice the number of flags stuck to the candidates’ lapels. But that’s not where the story of political pins ends.
In the end, the uses for political enamel pins are about as endless as the uses for lapel pins themselves. There are presidential political pins, funny political pins, pins for showing appreciation to staffers, and so much more.
Some of the design elements that are common to these types of pins change depending on the intended use of the pins themselves, but if you’re at all unsure of how to design your political lapel pins, you’ve come to the right place.
Political Lapel Pins After the Campaign Ends
During a campaign, flag pins take prominence in order to appeal to the largest number of voters. But what are some of the options you see once the campaign trail comes to an end? Whether a candidate is victorious or not, the need to thank the people who helped them run a good race is imperative.
Pins for staffers after the race are more like employee appreciation pins than political pins. They’re a way to say thank you and show the people who regularly work long hours, and who are often volunteers, just how much their effort meant to you. As such, they aren’t as bound by some of the common design elements found in other political pins. National colors are still the most common, whether presented in soft enamel or cloisonne pins, but the message behind the pin can be completely different.
Pins worn by candidates typically have a simplicity or a level of decorum to their designs in order to not offend the voters. However, pins intended to be given to staff or sold to the public for fundraising initiatives aren’t as stuffy. Those pins are often personal or even funny in their designs. Funny political pins are common for fundraisers because it’s easier to sell comedy to your supporters than it might be to sell it to the public at large.
Funny political pins can be pins that bash the competition, or even pins that take a particular gaff from the candidate in question and turn it into a self-deprecating joke. Either option is equally valid since the candidate isn’t really intended to wear them. Much like campaign bumper stickers, the sky’s the limit.
Who Buys Presidential Campaign Pins?
People running for office are hardly ever seen without a lapel pin, but what if we told you that presidential candidates and other campaigners don’t account for even half of the political lapel pin sales during any given campaign season?
The truth is all of the political support materials you see, whether they be campaign buttons, bumper stickers, yard signs or any of the other hundred items used to show your support of a candidate, were more likely to be purchased by an independent party or a Political Action Committee in support of the candidate.
Anyone is free to create pins for a presidential election showing their support of whichever candidate. The pins are used for fundraising efforts with the proceeds being donated to the campaign. And the good news about that is they can look like and say anything you want. If you’re looking for an easy way to contribute to your candidate’s campaign without dedicating long hours volunteering or breaking the bank to make a financial contribution, selling custom political campaign pins is your best bet.
Ordering Pins From Signature Pins
Whether you want to raise funds for your favorite candidate, thank staff for a job well done or even announce your own political campaign, we’ve got you covered. When you partner with Signature Pins, you gain the benefit of our years of experience, our 100% quality guarantee and our industry-leading turnaround time to ensure that your pins not only arrive well before your deadline, but also that they’re picture perfect the first time around.
Contact us today and see for yourself why we’re the best custom lapel pin company online. Our artists will have your first free proof of artwork delivered to you within 48 hours. From there, make as many changes to the design of your political pin as you need to get it perfect. With Signature Pins, you don’t spend a dime until you’re completely certain that the pin you’re seeing is the one you want to pin to your lapel.
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Common Lapel Pin Questions
A lapel pin, also known as an enamel pin, is a small pin worn on clothing, often on the lapel of a jacket, attached to a bag, or displayed on a piece of fabric. Lapel pins can be ornamental or can indicate the wearer's affiliation with an organization or cause.
All we need is your logo, text, thoughts or ideas. We have a staff of graphic artists and they will create your design from any information that you can provide to us.
Our minimum quantity to order is 100.
Once you have received your proof and pricing, approved the digital proof and paid for your order, we will begin production immediately! Standard production time is 7-10 business days but adding upgrades like glitter, spinners, etc. adds production time. Sometimes we get backed up during trading pin season as well and production times for enamel pins can extend to 3-4 weeks, so order early! When complete, we'll ship your order via UPS Red Label shipping free of charge to the continental United States. If you need your pins quicker than our current lead time, we also offer rush trading pin options delivered in as little as 2 days!
We do! We have a few different rush trading pin options that can be made made and delivered in as few as 2 days! For more information on these, check out this page! We also have the ability to rush some soft enamel pin orders but you'll need to confirm with your salesperson what the production queue looks like at the time of order.
All of the designs that you see on the web page are previous designs that we have created for other clients. We do not stock any lapel pins however we can create any custom design that you want.
