But imagine washing your face with "Donald Trump soap"? Or lighting your home with a "Hillary Clinton lamp"?
Those are actual political mementos from past elections and thousands of them are on display in Indiana at the Museum of American Political Communication in Logansport.
Even if you're not into politics, this place is pretty cool to visit.
The collection is that unique. Many of the items will make think, some will make you laugh.
A walk through the five rooms in the office building in Logansport is like entering a time machine filled with pieces of politics' past.
On display, you'll find buttons, bobble heads, and bandanas. Songbooks, soap, and scissors. There are playing cards. There are license plates. And there are canes, intricately carved with the faces of presidential candidates.
This is a collection of campaign memorabilia amassed over decades and it all belongs to Sue and Julian Ridlen.
"We've acquired a lot over the years," Sue Ridlen said. "It's only until we were able to open up this space that we really knew what we had."
They still don't have a complete tally. Their two-story museum has literally thousands of items, some of which date back to the 1790s.
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Some were acquired by chance. Most, they found by seeking them out through auctions, estate sales or from people who know they're collectors.
"You constantly have to be looking," Sue said. "Sometimes we were looking for something and found something else that really hit the spot and that's part of the fun too."
The Ridlens started their conventions individually - Sue at age 10 and Julian in college.
Both came from families involved in politics and elected office. Both loved history.
So when they met in Washington, D.C., merging lives and hobbies fit, just like the ideal running mate.
"I said, 'What kind of collection do you have?' No we didn't say that at all," Julian said with a laugh.
"The collecting for me is almost a passion. Julian is...he becomes more a student of the items and their story than I think sometimes I am," Sue said.
They say each memento tells a story.
Uniquely American, campaign items let people feel the political process. That was especially true long ago, when Julian said candidates tried to be part of people's everyday lives.
"A person could wake up in the morning and turn on a lamp beside the bed and it has an image of their candidate. They go to the wash basin and the gentleman of the house picks up a straight razor and on its blade is emblazoned the image of his candidate. A woman went to the sewing kit and here are the candidates on the scissors on the thimble. You hand a friend a cigar from a box of cigars that you opened and there are the faces of the candidates. It touched every conceivable way that you could communicate," Julian explained.
That included cartoons and caricature that provided a critical look at candidates. The Ridlens have a couple of rooms dedicated to the art form.
They call this election cycle "very interesting", but say looking at memorabilia is a reminder that even though mementos and culture may change, political themes often do not.
"These items tell stories and the more you know the story, of course the more you see the way issues repeat themselves even today," Julian said.
That's why they love what they do and love their exhibit - a tangible way to experience political history.
"I really enjoy it. I enjoy the collecting," Sue said, "and it's not unusual to come down and just sit and look around just because it's fun!"
The Museum of American Political Communication does not charge admission. Tours are by appointment.
To take a tour and view the Ridlens' collection, call 574-722-9640.