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Andrew Jackson was the first candidate of the "Democratic" Party. When he ran for re-election, he was called a "Jackass". He liked that "compliment" so much, he adopted the jackass, or donkey, as the symbol of the Democratic Party. This is according to the History Channel's series "The Presidents."
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoWhen Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828, his opponents tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist views and his slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson, however, picked up on their name calling and turned it to his own advantage by using the donkey on his campaign posters. During his presidency, the donkey was used to represent Jackson's stubbornness when he vetoed re-chartering the National Bank.
Thomas Nast also published this symbol in "Harpers Weekly" in 1874 as also he did for the republican symbol.
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∙ 15y agoWrong symbol for the wrong party. It's the Democrats that have the donkey.
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∙ 14y agoThe republican party does not use the donkey as its symbol, they use an elephant.
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∙ 12y agoIt's not; it's an elephant.
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What animal stands as a symbol of the republican party -- a donkey or an elephant?
An elephant is the symbol of the republican party. The donkey is the symbol of the democratic party.
What symbol represents a Republican?
The elephant is a symbol of the Republican Party; the donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party.
What represents a symbol?
The elephant is a symbol of the Republican Party; the donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party.
What is the symbol for Democratic and Republican?
The Donkey is for Democrats, and the Elephant is for Republicans
What the symbol of these two parties?
Democrat is a Donkey. Republican is an Elephant.
First president to come up with the donkey as the Democratic symbol?
The Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant were created by the cartoonist Thomas Nast.
What was the animal symbol for the federalist party?
The animal symbol for the Democratic Party is a donkey. On the other hand the animal symbol of the Republican Party is the Elephant.
What do the symbols on the Texas flag represent?
The donkey is the symbol of the republican party of the united states of America.
Is Obama a donkey or an elephant?
I think you are asking what political party he belongs to, and what is the symbol of that party (these symbols were popularized by political cartoonist Thomas Nast, way back in the 1870s). President Obama is a Democrat, and the symbol of that party is the donkey. Republicans use the elephant as their party's symbol.
Sybbol for the Democratic Party?
The symbol for the Democratic Party is a donkey, and the symbol for the Republican Party is an elephant. They are the two dominant parties in American politics.
What are the two political parties?
In the US? Democrat and Republican. There used to be a Wig party.
What are the symbols of two political parties?
Republicans are represented by an elephant whereas the Democrats are symbolised by a donkey .
