Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Election merchandise on the rise

Not surprisingly, everyone and their change-we-can-believe-in touting mom went out and bought an Obama t-shirt after the election results were announced. On the night of Nov. 4, streets were littered with (drunken) revelers sporting Obama apparel. See Facebook if you were too "excited" to remember what variation of the President-elect's visage your friends were wearing.

It makes sense that people continue to buy Obama merchandise, and it also makes sense that the price of some of McCain's merchandise has decreased. The funding raised by candidate merchandise went directly to campaign efforts. But, now that the campaigns are over, where will the money go? Such should be asked for both McCain and Obama. 

The prices for good deal of Obama merchandise have increased since the election results were revealed, and many special edition t-shirts have been released at steep prices of $6o. How much change do you believe in?














Fashion mogul Vera Wang's specially designed tee (above left) is one of the many designer t-shirts featured on the Obama merchandise site. Hip-hop artist and fashion designer Pharrell Williams' tee (above right) is one of the more popular name designs. Other designers include Narciso Rodriguez and Russell Simmons.  

Poor McCain can no longer sell his shirts individually; in an effort to get rid of as many as possible, they're sold in packs of 48 and 108. Who needs 48 or 108 of the losing candidate's shirts? Not only do buyers get far more t-shirts than any one person needs, but they practically have to empty their pockets for them. Look at what $383.52 can get you 48 of:











Wow. 


  • No
  • I bought a McCain tee
  • Yes

1 comment:

katherine said...

There are three repurposed images: 3pts; two links: 2 pts; a poll: 2 pts; and about 350 words of text: 7 pts.