It sends a message of ‘I’m cool and I’m your friend.'” Adams says. “Seeing Joe Biden and his groovy glasses works. Sean Adams, chair of the Graphic Design department at Los Angeles’ ArtCenter College of Design, says while there is a lot of similarity in the candidates’ designs, a few stand apart. “It’s a fairly well-heeled voting block that is politically motivated and supports candidates,” especially visible since the Bill Clinton years. “It would be surprising it the candidates weren’t doing this,” says Hollywood publicist and longtime LBGTQ advocate Howard Bragman. (His original flag chose pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for serenity and purple for spirit pink and turquoise were later dropped because of manufacturing challenges.). “Her campaign merchandise is just another reflection of the inclusive United States Kamala will govern.”īuttigieg exclusively uses the more recent “woke” version of the Pride flag, with black and brown stripes added to represent persons of color, while the other campaigns toggle back and forth between that iteration and the familiar six-stripe version designed in 1978 by Gilbert Baker. “Throughout her career Kamala has stood shoulder to shoulder with the LGBTQ+ community,” says the Harris campaign’s Kirsten Allen. Each of the five candidates acknowledges transgender supporters as well, with variations on the pink, white and blue transgender rights flag. Senator Bernie Sanders’ and Senator Kamala Harris’ items feature their names spelled out in varied graphic styles. Among Senator Elizabeth Warren’s offerings is a tote bag with the Massachusetts candidate’s motto “Persist” repeated in Pride flag hues. The merch of the top five Dem prospects ranges from a Joe Biden tank top that sports a rainbow graphic of the former veep’s signature aviator sunglasses to South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s rucksack and tank top emblazoned with a cheeky guide to pronouncing his surname: Boot Edge Edge.
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