Political Door Hangers

What Are Political Door Hangers

Political door hangers are printed cards with a cut-out at the top that hang over a door handle, printed full color on 14pt or 16pt gloss cover stock in 4 sizes, from a 3.5" x 8.5" up to a 4.25" x 14". Campaigns reach for them when mail and broadcast ads fall short: candidate introductions, endorsement pushes, get-out-the-vote drops, ballot measure outreach, and voter registration drives. Because the card hangs right on the door, it gets a look that a mailer in a stack never does. If you also need signs for the same race, the Political Signs cover lawns and rallies, and the door hanger covers the doors on the same walk.

A campaign office anywhere in the country orders the same way: set the options below on this page, upload the file, and add shipping transit to the 7 business day production when you plan the drop date.

What Size Should a Political Door Hanger Be

The right size comes down to how much you need to say. A 3.5" x 8.5" is the compact one, enough for a candidate name, a race and a voting date, ideal for a fast get-out-the-vote drop. A 3.5" x 11" or the default 4.25" x 11" gives you more room, space for a photo, a short list of endorsements and a QR code to your site. The largest, 4.25" x 14", reads almost like a mini flyer on the door, with room for a full platform, a candidate bio or a slate of names. The specs panel below lists all 4 sizes, both ink options and the finish. For the layout on each size, read our guide on how to design a campaign flyer that voters actually read. To carry the same race across other formats, the Political Postcards handle the mail piece and the Political Yard Signs hold the lawn.

Three choices shape how a political door hanger works at the door.

Pick a stock that survives the weather

A political hanger can sit on a handle from a Saturday canvass until the voter gets home, in sun or rain. The 14pt gloss cover is the budget-friendly stock that stretches a field program across more doors, while the 16pt gloss cover is thicker and feels more substantial when the voter lifts it off the knob. Both get a High Gloss UV Coating that adds shine and helps the card shrug off weather and handling. For ink, print 4/0 for full color on the front with a blank back, or 4/4 for full color on both sides when you want the candidate up front and voting details on the reverse.

Add a tear-off the voter keeps

The perforation gives one door contact a second job. Set it 2" from the bottom and the voter tears off a strip with the polling place and date, a QR code to register or a pledge-to-vote card, then keeps that strip after the hanger comes off the door. For a clean card, choose No Perforation. The torn strip is the piece that stays on the fridge until election day.

Design it without a designer

A campaign volunteer can build the hanger in the online editor. Open a layout from our door hanger design templates, then change the colors, copy and logo to the campaign's own. On the tall, narrow panel, one candidate photo, the race and a clear ask fill the space.

If the campaign's designer already built the artwork, skip the editor and download a press-ready blank. Each blank political door hanger template is built at the real trim size with the die-cut hole, bleed and safe margin already drawn in, so your design never crowds the cut. Grab the size that matches your order below, drop your art in, and upload.

How Much Do Political Door Hangers Cost

Political door hangers start at $290.41 per 250 units, and the per-unit price drops at each tier up to 25,000, so the size of the run decides what a cheap political door hanger costs. Going from 250 to 1,000 adds little to the total and cuts the per-unit cost by two thirds. Set the slider below to the number of doors on your walk list to read the set total and the per-unit cost, and stop where one more step barely moves the budget. For a full canvass, see the political volunteer suite: 3 print pieces that work a walk list together.

How Are Political Door Hangers Proofed and Printed

Standard production for political door hangers is 7 business days, so plan your door program with that lead time before election day. Before anything prints, you can request a free online proof to confirm your candidate names, disclaimers, colors and the perforation line look right, or select Straight To Production if your file is ready to go. That free proof is your safety net, a chance to catch a typo in a name or a wrong date before a whole run comes off the press. Every order is backed by 4OVER4.COM's Gold Standard guarantees, so what you approve is what you get.

How Do Political Door Hangers Compare to the Rest of the Campaign Range

The political door hanger covers the door-to-door part of a campaign. Signs for lawns, postcards for the mail and yard signs for high-traffic corners each start at their own price. The chart below lines up political door hangers against their closest siblings so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.

See the Rest of Our Campaign Materials

Scan the full print product range for everything we print, or open the political collection to compare every campaign format side by side. Each one lists its own starting price on its product page.

Print Your Political Door Hangers Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size, stock or ink you pick, the High Gloss UV coating keeps each political door hanger clean on the knob until the voter gets home. Add a tear-off voting reminder, review your free online proof, and put your candidate where every voter has to see it. Print your political door hangers today.