--- title: 2016 Presidential Election Full of Creative T-Shirts description: Voters get creative in showing their support in these photos of the most interesting political T-shirts canonical: https://time.com/4241434/election-2016-t-shirt-photos/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-29T18:01:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:51.029Z article:section: Politics og:title: See the Most Creative T-Shirts of the Presidential Election og:description: Supporters wear their heart on their sleeves og:url: https://time.com/4241434/election-2016-t-shirt-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9db84aa1fa1b8d6/69887f8f8e060167f5464d3a/triptych-facebook-tshirts.jpg?branch=production&width=1120&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1120 og:image:height: 630 og:image:alt: Triptych-Facebook-tshirts og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Most Creative T-Shirts of the Presidential Election twitter:description: Supporters wear their heart on their sleeves twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9db84aa1fa1b8d6/69887f8f8e060167f5464d3a/triptych-facebook-tshirts.jpg?branch=production&width=1120&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Most Creative T-Shirts of the Presidential Election > Sponsored content. 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Landon Nordeman for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 29, 2016 6:01 PM UTC  A supporter for Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Feb. 9, 2016, in Concord, N.H. Landon Nordeman for TIME  A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a rally in Baton Rouge, La. on Feb. 11. Jonathan Bachman—Reuters  A supporter of Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a campaign event at Broward College, on Oct. 2, 2015, in Davie, Fla. Lynne Sladky—AP  A supporter of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Jan. 19, 2016. Jim Young—Reuters  A T-shirt shows support for Donald Trump at the Florence Civic Center in Florence, S.C. on Feb. 5, 2016. Randall Hill—Reuters  A supporter for Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Feb. 9, in Concord, N.H. Landon Nordeman for TIME  A woman wears a shirt reading 'Trump Putin '16' at a campaign event for Donald Trump at Plymouth State University on Feb. 7 in Plymouth, N.H. David Goldman—AP  A supporter for Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Feb. 9, in Concord, N.H. Landon Nordeman for TIME  A supporter of Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington. Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  A man wears a shirt supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at a campaign event on Jan. in Clinton, Iowa. Jae C. Hong—AP  A Hillary Clinton supporter wears a T-shirt featuring Bill Clinton playing the saxophone during a campaign event at the Keokuk Middle School on Jan. 28, 2016, in Keokuk, Iowa. Mary Altaffer—AP  Mike Rasmussen, wearing a t-shirt opposing Hillary Clinton attends a campaign stop for Republican presidential candidate, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Jan. 29 in Ringsted, Iowa. Jae C. 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