The first Politicards deck was produced in 1971 for the 1972 election by the artist Peter Green, the writer Lee Livingston, the businessman Mike Killeen and the designer Norman Friant.
[2] Decks were said to have been used at the time by then New York Senator James Buckley and by the ladies of Mamie Eisenhower's bridge club.
[2] The 1980 and 1984 edition decks were produced by the Washington, D.C. lobbyist Victor Kamber, who purchased the Politicards name in 1979.
[4] In 1996, the name expired and was reclaimed by the original artist Peter Green,[5] who has since produced decks for every election through to 2016.
[2] Green released an alternative set to the standard 2016 edition titled "Politikids" and depicted political figures as children.