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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
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 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) [137] [138]
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At the top is a lion head and at the bottom the motto Démocratie, Justice, Unité (Democracy, Justice, Unity in French). [2] The coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1999 consists of a light blue shield. In the middle is a yellow star, above which there are six smaller stars. This coat of arms was introduced along with the ...
The Blue Dog Coalition, commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats, is a caucus of moderate members from the Democratic Party in the United States House of Representatives. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The caucus was founded as a group of conservative Democrats in 1995 in response to defeats in the 1994 elections .
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 ...