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More than 100 pages use this file. The following list shows the first 100 pages that use this file only. A full list is available.. 1880 United States presidential election
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.
The ad then cuts to three donkeys, representing the Democratic Party. The music continues: "We don't want John or Dean or Harry / Let's do that big job right", [33] referring to John Sparkman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and President Harry S. Truman. As the parade continues, an unidentified man rides a donkey in shadows towards the left.
Florida Democrats have shown the donkey the door and have adopted as a new mascot the Florida panther – an endangered species.. The iconic panther, once reduced to fewer than two dozen in ...
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".
While meme maps are not a new component of elections — with some dating back to the social media’s infancy — interactive maps and Electoral College map generators are more accessible than ever.
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]