| As I walk along down a side street in downtown | | | | common on t shirts- not the kind of clothing that you |
| New York, I can't help but notice the graphic tee | | | | want people wearing when trying to convince voters. |
| that is hanging at eye level as I walk by a small | | | | As for the graphic t-shirts that were in support of |
| clothing store. The t shirt has a giant peace sign in | | | | her, they were meant mainly for older middle aged |
| the middle, with a black and white image of Barack | | | | women, not the young people who were wearing |
| Obama inside of it. There are others: one t shirt says | | | | Obama tees. |
| "hope" below the image of Obama, others simply | | | | The same goes for McCain, but he has it even |
| have a vintage design of his face. These are typical | | | | worse. His target age group is of another epoch - |
| political graphic t-shirts, but of a new kind. | | | | shirt designers are not interested by the market that |
| Graphic tee designers have understood that there is | | | | is out there for shirts that support him, but the |
| a clear demand in the U.S. - and internationally - for | | | | contrary. Graphic t-shirts that reference McCain |
| shirts depicting the presidential hopeful. He represents | | | | usually tie him to President Bush (one t-shirt calls him |
| change - not only through his campaign, but in the | | | | McSame), to water boarding, or to the rich. His tee |
| way he has been conducting his campaign, with a | | | | designs usually revolve around a white, red, and blue |
| strong Internet presence and a new campaign | | | | color scheme, with a giant star on the back of the t |
| funding structure. Just as certain rock groups - the | | | | shirts. |
| Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Ramones - each had | | | | Another thing that Obama has going for him is that |
| famous band t shirts, which sent a universal message | | | | the graphic t-shirts depicting him are still rather |
| that went beyond their music, Obama graphic t-shirts | | | | exclusive diverse and some are hard to find. New |
| say something that appeals to a wide audience. | | | | York clothing stores have not yet embraced these |
| Designers have come-up with a plethora of graphics | | | | graphic t shirts and therefore, leave intact the feeling |
| to convey this message of hope and change, mainly | | | | of wearing something original when one finds an |
| revolving around a vintage look, or a touch of | | | | unusual political message tshirt that support that |
| rainbow here and there. | | | | candidate. What Obama has achieved is an online |
| Hillary Clinton missed out on the graphic tee train. She | | | | marketing campaign that runs itself through its young |
| did not appeal to the right age group for designers to | | | | supporters and graphic tee designers, something that |
| start making t shirts in support of her. They tended | | | | McCain may have to pay for dearly later down the |
| to be anti-Clinton, in fact. Bad photos of her looking | | | | road. |
| quite tired or with devil horns on her head were | | | | |