[1] This group recognized that there should be a place for Numismatics, art collectors, and other hobbyists that sought politically themed items.
Collectors may consider themselves generalists, collecting every medium of item and from every timeframe back to George Washington inaugural buttons.
The American Political Items Collectors publishes a magazine entitled The Keynoter four times a year.
The American Political Items Collectors advocated for federal legislation against the dearth of reproduction buttons, which resulted in The Hobby Protection Act of 1973.
The conventions are a chance for their board of directors to meet and discuss organizational business, hold seminars for collectors and the general public, exhibit member collections, tour historical sites, attend social gatherings, attend an auction, buy, sell, and trade items with other collectors.