/internal/media/dispatcher/47444/full"If I Were 21..." Kennedy campaign pin1960Diameter: 4 in. (10.2 cm)MetalJesse Moyers Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2014.074.00200One large metal John F. Kennedy campaign pin for the 1960 presidential election.
The background of the pin is white, and has red and black text on the front. The red text reads, "If I Were 21"; the black text reads, "I'd Vote For KENNEDY".
The reverse is silver metal with a safety pin at the top center. At the center bottom of the pin is the publishing information reading: "A. A. A. Novelty Co., Wash. D. C."Artifacts656200E-100E-1046151Pin0E-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.Presidential campaign1960 presidential electionKennedy, John F.Washington, D.C.