Want this question answered?
There was no symbol prior to the donkey.
The Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant were created by the cartoonist Thomas Nast.
Republicans are represented by an elephant whereas the Democrats are symbolised by a donkey .
I don't think so...here's what I found out:On January 15, 1870 a political cartoon by Thomas Nast appeared in Harper's Weekly titled "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion". This cartoon characterized the Democratic Party as a donkey for the first time. Since then, the donkey has become a symbol of the party, though unlike the Republican elephant, the donkey has never been officially adopted as the party's logo.
The Donkey- Presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was the first Democrat ever to be associated with the donkey symbol. His opponents during the election of 1828 tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist beliefs and slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson was entertained by the notion and ended up using it to his advantage on his campaign posters. But cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with making the donkey the recognized symbol of the Democratic Party. It first appeared in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly in 1870, and was supposed to represent an anti-Civil War faction. But the public was immediately taken by it and by 1880 it had already become the unofficial symbol of the party. The Elephant- Political cartoonist Thomas Nast was also responsible for the Republican Party elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled "The Republican Vote." That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party. From the website- infoplease!
o
There was no symbol prior to the donkey.
The Donkey is the symbol of the Democrat Party.
The elephant is a symbol of the Republican Party; the donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party.
The donkey.
it stand for its stuborness
An elephant is the symbol of the republican party. The donkey is the symbol of the democratic party.
The symbol for the Democratic Party is a Donkey.
The elephant is a symbol of the Republican Party; the donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party.
The Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant were created by the cartoonist Thomas Nast.
The Democratic party symbol is a donkey. It is blue on the top with white stars. It is also red on the bottom.
The Donkey is for Democrats, and the Elephant is for Republicans