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Drum – United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) Ears of maize and sickle – Communist Party of India; 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
The Democratic Party continued to use the donkey as a symbol of the common man. SEE ALSO: Poll reveals which candidate's speech impacted voters The donkey stuck when Thomas Nast published a ...
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]
Thomas Nast's January 1870 depiction of the Democratic donkey Thomas Nast's 1874 depiction of the Republican elephant [at left] and the Democratic donkey [at center in the lion's skin). In the 1866 elections, the Radical Republicans won two-thirds majorities in Congress and took control of national affairs.
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 ...
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In the 1930s and 1940s, the term Me-too Republicans described those running on a platform of agreeing with the Democratic Party, proclaiming only minor or moderating philosophical differences. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] An example is two-time presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey , who ran against the popular Franklin D. Roosevelt and his successor Harry ...
Democrat Party is an epithet and pejorative for the Democratic Party of the United States, [1] [2] [3] often used in a disparaging fashion by the party's opponents. [4] While use of the term started out as non-hostile, it has grown in its negative use since the 1940s, in particular by members of the Republican Party—in party platforms, partisan speeches, and press releases—as well as by ...