Pin, Barry Goldwater, 1964
name: label: associated person
content: Goldwater, Barry
label: associated person
content: Miller, William E.
notes: label: Description
content: Barry Goldwater’s campaign theme “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice” led Democrats to argue that the 1964 Republican presidential nominee was a candidate to be feared. This plastic campaign pin was intended as a humorous response to that charge. Pushing the “panic button” raises a spring-loaded sign promoting votes for Goldwater and his running mate William Miller. Goldwater ultimately lost to his Democratic opponent President Lyndon B. Johnson by one of the largest margins in election history. A similar “panic button” was reissued for the 1976 campaign of Democrat Jimmy Carter.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1964.X85
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1964.X85
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red, white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 5.715 cm