New Hampshire: A look at candidate button sale stands

“Probably a button is a vote,” said Jim Bragg of McKinley, Texas, who’s a retired school teacher and has been selling buttons in support of Mitt Romney. “You can tell here that people, they like him. In Iowa, it wasn’t that way.”

Listen to interview Jim Bragg, button salesman

McKinley is selling his buttons three for $10. He says his main reason for being out there is to get up close with the candidates.

“I’m able to see a guy that could be president, he’s right next to you,” said McKinley. “This is a way to really see the political system up close.”