Politics and Personal Meaning
“If You Are Satisfied”
This flier presents pictures of personal well-being and improvement that turned electoral politics into social drama.
Gift of Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
By the late 19th century, symbols of home and family life had become mainstays of American political life and culture. The home became a setting in which the policies of the major parties and their presidential candidates played out. Rival claims for the promotion and protection of personal well-being and improvement turned electoral politics into social drama that likened the nation’s political affairs to a disheveled—or a well-kept—home.
DNC program, 1956
Gift of Nannine Young and Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
Campaign pamphlet, 1960
Gift of Nannine Young and Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana