Political Parties And Their Animal Symbols

 

Have you ever wondered how the Democratic Political Party has a Donkey symbol and the Republican Political Party has a Elephant symbol?

    The origins of the Democratic donkey can be traced to the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson, whose opponents called him a stubborn jackass. Jackson was amused by the image and adopted it for in his campaign posters. He rebranded the donkey as determined, willful, and steadfast not slow, wrong-headed, and obstinate.

In the 1870s political cartoonist Thomas Nast helped popularize the donkey as a symbol for the entire Democratic political party. He also was the first to use an elephant to symbolize the Republican political party. PBS, The American Experience aired a program on this topic.  Click here to view it.

                            "Jeff. Sees the Elephant"

This humorous image also contains Jefferson Davis (1808-89) as a donkey, peering through a monocle at the elephant and his enormous quantity of arms and armaments. Behind him is an army of “jackasses” carrying pitchforks, rakes, brooms, and scythes, which are clearly no match for the North’s cannon. The gallows in the center background of the image predicts a bleak future for the Confederacy.

Frequently asked questions about U.S. political conventions. Click Here.

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