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How political leaflets used to look: a US Presidential primary

Time for a visit to the US for today’s trip down political literature’s memory lane. This time it is Eugene McCarthy’s unsuccessful bid to be the Democrat Presidential candidate in 1968 and his leaflet explaining the ballot lever positions to use in the Pennsylvania (I think) primary. ‘How to vote’ leaflets are so much simpler in Britain by comparison.

Eugene McCarthy 1968 leaflet

For more gems from past election leaflets, see my collection How leaflets used to look.

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