5. Bubblegum Ballot
We’re sure that at one stage or another in your voting life you have had a sign in your yard, or a bumper sticker on the back of your car promoting the candidate who has your vote, but what about a stick of gum?
While there have been some unusual campaigning paraphernalia over the years, such as campaign buttons being literal buttons or the popularity of political hood ornaments in the 1920s. But Richard Nixon’s successful run for the presidency in 1968 saw a campaigning item that could have ended up with him being called ‘Sticky Dicky’ instead of ‘Tricky Dicky.’ A box of bubblegum cigars!
