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Elephant – Asom Gana Parishad , Bahujan Samaj Party (with the exception of the states of Assam and Sikkim where certain state parties use the elephant) Five-pointed star – Mizo National Front ; Farmer ploughing (within square farm) – Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarh) Flowers and grass – All India Trinamool Congress
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".
The cartoon titled "The Third Term Panic" shows a donkey wearing lion's skin scaring away other animals. One of the animals was an elephant with "the republican vote" written on it. This is where ...
The donkey is a common symbol of the Democratic Party of the United States, originating in the 1830s and became popularised from a cartoon by Thomas Nast of Harper's Weekly in 1870. [25] The bray of the donkey may be used as a simile for loud and foolish speech in political mockery. [26] [27] For example, [28]
The famous cartoonist Thomas Nast is known for popularizing the Republican elephant, yet some reports say it dates back to Lincolnian times. According to a video explainer from Voice of America ...
The libertarian porcupine was originally designed by Kevin Breen in 2005-2006 mimics the Republican Elephant and Democratic Donkey. It has since been used to represent many local libertarian groups, and it has been included on major libertarian publications.
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) [138] [139]
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 ...