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The donkey stuck when Thomas Nast published a political cartoon in "Harper's Weekly" in 1874. The cartoon titled "The Third Term Panic" shows a donkey wearing lion's skin scaring away other animals.
In 1874, Nast also popularized the contrasting use of an elephant to similarly symbolize the Republican Party. [2] [3] The Republican Party has since used an elephant as part of its official branding. While the donkey is widely-used by Democrats as an unofficial mascot, the party's first official logo—adopted in 2010—is an encircled "D".
Cartoonists followed Nast and used the donkey to represent the Democrats and the elephant to represent the Republicans. In many states, the logo of the Democratic Party was a rooster, for instance, in Alabama: Logo of the Alabama Democratic Party, 1904–1966 (left) and 1966–1996 (right) [144] [145]
As with most things in politics the Elephants and the Donkeys are pretty similar whether they like to admit it or not. A penchant for sunny skies and sandy beaches is about the same across party ...
Young people, people of color, men and women, and even some Democrats voted what they believed to be in their best interest. They heard the accusations about Donald Trump and the pure evil he was ...
This is a partial list of symbols and labels used by political parties, groups or movements around the world. Some symbols are associated with one or more worldwide ideologies and used by many parties that support a particular ideology.
Uncle Sam, dressed as a drum major, leads a parade, including a circus elephant, followed by a crowd of people with different occupations. Democratic vice presidential candidate John Sparkman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and President Harry S. Truman are depicted as Democratic donkeys. The spot's narrator concludes: "Now is the time for ...
Democrats must have known changing their party symbol from a docile donkey to a fierce Florida panther would evoke some condescending snickers from the confident conservative Republicans who have ...