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~40% of the absurdities associated with US elections is the drive for profiteering. Gotta sell merch gotta sell swag BUY your politics before you cast a vote. Buy swag to say you did that too
logistically though, this is facilitated by two things: there is no real election window, media does political coverage all the time & political ads are a constant presence. these shops therefore have time to set up and dedicate production (well in the US generally procurement) instead of normal printers seasonally catering to political customers then going back to normal stuff. additionally there's absolutely no regulations on it, I haven't even heard of individual towns banning the election circus even though its well within their legal power