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During the mid term elections way back in 1874, Democrats tried to scare voters into thinking President Grant would seek to run for an unprecedented third term. Thomas Nast, a cartoonist for Harper's Weekly, depicted a Democratic jackass trying to scare a Republican elephant - and both symbols stuck.
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What are the two government symbols for the two parties?
The symbols for the two American political party are, the elephant and the donkey, the elephants represent the Republicans and the donkey represents the Democrats.
Who is the man with the symbols donkey and elephant?
In politics, a donkey represents republicans while an elephant is for democrats (or the other way around
What are the symbols for democratic and Republican?
Democrats = Donkey Republicans = Elephant
What are the democratic and republicans symbols?
democratic - donkey repulican-elephant
Symbols of democrat and Republican'?
Democrat: Donkey Republican: Elephant
What are the symbols of two political parties?
Republicans are represented by an elephant whereas the Democrats are symbolised by a donkey .
What does the elephant and donkey mean?
The elephant and donkey are symbols of the Republican and Democratic political parties, respectively. The Democratic donkey was first used as a negative comparison against the party, but Democrats used the animal as a strong-willed creature. The Republican elephant is the product of a political cartoon from the 1800s.
What are the symbols for each of the democratic and Republican?
The symbol for the Democratic Party is the donkey, while the symbol for the Republican Party is the elephant. These symbols became popular in the 19th century and are now widely associated with each political party in the United States.
How did the Democrats come up with the donkey for their symbol?
Uh, please look at any newspaper. The elephant is the symbol of the REPUBLICAN party! Anyway, look up information about the 19th-century cartoonist Thomas Nast for the story of the elephant and donkey symbols.
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.
What does the elephant and donkey stand for in the congress?
Elephant = Republican Political Party Donkey = Democratic Political Party
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.
