/internal/media/dispatcher/7631/fullKennedy campaign button19604 in. (10.2 cm)MetalDarlene Bush Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2007.019.00010Tan Campaign button that reads "If I were 21 I'd Vote for Kennedy". The words "If I Were 21" are in red. The words "I'd Vote for Kennedy" are in black. Has a metal clip on the back to hang buttom from. On the edge of the button in the tan area, it reads "A.A.A. Novelty Co., Wash. D.C."Artifacts662490E-1010.160020320026843Pin0E-10Large round metal pin-back campaign button that reads "If I were 21 I'd Vote for Kennedy."
The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years by the 26th Amendment, passed in time for the 1972 presidential election. At the time of the Kennedy-Nixon election in 1960, citizens still had to be 21 in order to vote.
1960 presidential electionVotingPresidential campaignYouthKennedy, John F.United States of America