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What does the elephant and donkey stand for in the congress?
Elephant = Republican Political Party Donkey = Democratic Political Party
When was the elephant republican party?
This comes from a 1860 political cartoon.
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.
When was the Republican mascot first used?
The mascot for the Republican party is the elephant. It began being used as such in 1877 after Thomas Nast began drawing political cartoons using the elephant for Republicans and the donkey for the Democrats.
What two animals have something to do with politics and why?
Political cartoonists have, for many decades, used the donkey to represent the Democratic party and the elephant to represent the Republican party. The reason for these choices is not obvious, however, in some sense the Democratic party is seen as being more prone to populism or even demagoguery, hinted at by the foolish braying of the donkey, and the Republican party has the intimidating quality of a gigantic elephant, a creature which because of its size, seemingly can go where it wants to, ignoring all obstacles. Both of these animal symbols are satirical in nature. Political cartoonists have reason to satirize both parties.
