"sixteen U.S. House seats. The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Ohio: Ohio Democrats use the same symbols as the national Democratic party, such as the donkey. In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Democratic Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the rooster, as opposed to the Republican eagle. Ohio Democratic Party The Ohio Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Ohio. Former Cincinnati councilman David A. Pepper is the Ohio Democratic Party chairman. Pepper started his term as chairman in January 2015. The Ohio Democratic Party"
"an article in the ""Cincinnati Commercial"", the term was modified to ""grand old party"". The first use of the abbreviation is dated 1884. The traditional mascot of the party is the elephant. A political cartoon by Thomas Nast, published in ""Harper's Weekly"" on November 7, 1874, is considered the first important use of the symbol. An alternate symbol of the Republican Party in states such as Indiana, New York and Ohio is the bald eagle as opposed to the Democratic rooster or the Democratic five-pointed star. In Kentucky, the log cabin is a symbol of the Republican Party (not related"
"but the name ""Democratic Party"" was eventually settled upon and became the official name in 1844. Members of the party are called ""Democrats"" or ""Dems"". The term ""Democrat Party"" has also been in local use, but has usually been used by opponents since 1952 as a disparaging term. The most common mascot symbol for the party has been the donkey, or jackass. Andrew Jackson's enemies twisted his name to ""jackass"" as a term of ridicule regarding a stupid and stubborn animal. However, the Democrats liked the common-man implications and picked it up too, therefore the image persisted and evolved. Its"
"""…comes off less like a joke and more like an intentional smear."" The mascot symbol, historically, is the elephant. A political cartoon by Thomas Nast, published in ""Harper's Weekly"" on November 7, 1874, is considered the first important use of the symbol. In the early 20th century, the usual symbol of the Republican Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the eagle, as opposed to the Democratic rooster. This symbol still appears on Indiana ballots. After the 2000 election, the color red became associated with the GOP although it has not been officially adopted by the party."
"Inanimate Objects Party The Inanimate Objects Party (IOP) is a joke political party at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, United States. The IOP has been an RPI tradition since 1997. The party's main candidate is Arthur Galpin, an inflatable whale, who runs for Grand Marshal, and other positions. The other major candidate is Alby the Albino Squirrel, an albino squirrel that lived at RPI and now occasionally runs for President of the Union. The fork is a symbol of the IOP. Pre-history: In 1968(?) a group of independent students (i.e. not fraternity-affiliated) formed the Apathy Party in protest"
"the first time. In 1963, when the A's were located in Kansas City, then-owner Charlie Finley changed the team mascot from an elephant to a mule, the state animal of Missouri. This is rumored to have been done by Finley in order to appeal to fans from the region who were predominantly Democrats at the time. (The traditional Republican Party symbol is an elephant, while the Democratic Party's symbol is a donkey.) Since 1988, the Athletics' 21st season in Oakland, an illustration of an elephant has adorned the left sleeve of the A's home and road uniforms. Beginning in the"
"also promised to turn parking lots into green spaces, ban neon signs and advertisements on bus terminals, and increase heritage protection. The party again fielded Bédard as its mayoral candidate in the 1994 municipal election, in which capacity he presided over total party electoral budget of only one thousand dollars. During this campaign, Bédard described the party's name as follows: ""The white elephant is the only animal that doesn't fear its rivals because it is thought to be the wisest and most serene animal of all. It's a symbol of prosperity, security and confidence, all of which are very important"
"the Republican People's Party, and championed populism which gained it wide support among Turkey’s intelligentsia. The party's logo, a galloping white horse, comes from the strong resemblance of the foreign word ""Demokrat"" to the Turkish words ""Demir Kırat"", ""Iron Kırat"". The horse Kırat was a character in popular Turkish legend; it was the horse and trusted companion of Köroğlu, a Robin Hood-type hero who championed causes of the common people against the oppressive regime. ""Demokrat"" and ""Demir Kırat"" were often interchanged by the peasantry. The peripheral populations began to view the Democrat Party as the supernatural hero protecting their rights"
"United Kingdom to promote fire safety for children and has become the mascot for the Children's Burn Trust. The elephant as the symbol for the Republican Party of the United States originated in an 1874 political cartoon of an Asian elephant by Thomas Nast in ""Harper's Weekly"". This cartoon, titled ""Third Term Panic"", is a parody of Aesop's fable, ""The Ass in the Lion's Skin"". It depicts an elephant (labelled ""The Republican Vote"") running toward a ""chasm of chaos""; frightening a jackass in a lion's skin (labelled ""Caesarism"") which scatters animals representing various interests. Although Nast used the elephant seven"
"in poker. In the US, the slang terms ""dumbass"" and ""jackass"" are used to refer to someone considered stupid. In keeping with their widespread cultural references, donkeys feature in political systems, symbols and terminology in many areas of the world. A ""donkey vote"" is a vote that simply writes down preferences in the order of the candidates (1 at the top, then 2, and so on), and is most often seen in countries with ranked voting systems and compulsory voting, such as Australia. The donkey is a common symbol of the Democratic Party of the United States, originating in a"
"quarantine for three weeks, and they need to get it to Dallas in three days. When they steal it, the mysterious cargo turns out to be an elephant (mascot of the Republican Party), whom they name Charlotte after Snowman says she reminded him of his Aunt Charlotte and smelled like her, too. When Cledus opens the crate, Charlotte nearly tramples Frog. The Bandit saves the day by doing a backflip onto the elephant's back and riding her out of the quarantine shed. Noticing a splinter stuck in her foot, the Bandit removes it, and the elephant takes a shine to"
"Party in the ""Yellow Dog Club"". The phrase ""yellow dog"" may be a reference to a breed of dog known as the Carolina Dog indigenous to the Americas, specifically the Southern United States, and not descended from Eurasian breeds. The phrase ""Yellow Dog Democrat"" is thought to have achieved popularity during the 1928 presidential race between Democratic candidate Al Smith and Republican candidate Herbert Hoover, when Senator J. Thomas Heflin (D-Alabama) crossed party lines and formally supported Hoover. Many Southern voters disliked several items on Smith's platform, as well as his Roman Catholic faith, but still voted for him. The"
"founded during the Olympics. Sam (mascot) Sam the Olympic Eagle was the mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympics which were held in Los Angeles. He is a bald eagle, which is the national bird of the United States, where the games were held. Intended as a patriotic symbol, being named Sam also suggests a kinship with Uncle Sam, another American symbol. The mascot was designed by Bob Moore, an artist for Disney. Guests of Disneyland, as well as those reading documentation about mascot designs for the Olympics, often confuse the mascot for another Disney mascot named ""Eagle Sam"", host of"
"Blue Dog Democrats, in response to the Republican victories at the polls that November. The explanation was that the Blue Dogs felt the party had moved so far left that it had ""choked them blue."" The name is a reference to an earlier term, Yellow dog Democrat (typically, a southerner who would vote for a Democrat even if a ""yellow dog"" were the Democratic candidate) and also to the ""blue dog"" paintings of a Louisiana artist. The Blue Dog Coalition is not considered as conservative as the earlier Dixiecrat and Boll Weevil incarnations of conservative Democrats. During the 2004 election,"
"Sam (mascot) Sam the Olympic Eagle was the mascot of the 1984 Summer Olympics which were held in Los Angeles. He is a bald eagle, which is the national bird of the United States, where the games were held. Intended as a patriotic symbol, being named Sam also suggests a kinship with Uncle Sam, another American symbol. The mascot was designed by Bob Moore, an artist for Disney. Guests of Disneyland, as well as those reading documentation about mascot designs for the Olympics, often confuse the mascot for another Disney mascot named ""Eagle Sam"", host of the former Disneyland attraction"
"official website. In September 2010, the Democratic Party unveiled its new logo, which featured a blue D inside a blue circle. It was the party's first official logo; the donkey logo had only been semi-official. Jefferson-Jackson Day is the annual fundraising event (dinner) held by Democratic Party organizations across the United States. It is named after Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, whom the party regards as its distinguished early leaders. The song ""Happy Days Are Here Again"" is the unofficial song of the Democratic Party. It was used prominently when Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for president at the"
"the head coach of Democrata in 1985 and in 1986. The club's colors are red and white. Its home kit is composed of a red and white vertical striped shirt, white short and white socks. Democrata's first kit was ordered from a Rio de Janeiro company, by telegraph and arrived on June 25, transported by train. The club's mascot is a yacare caiman, because it is one of the most agile animals in the Brazilian fauna. The mascot is sometimes depicted as an anthropomorphic animal wearing the club's kit. Democrata's anthem was composed by Elson Corrêa Barbosa (both the lyrics"
"mascot (symbol) of the Georgia Republican Party is the elephant. The elephant was originally constructed by artist Thomas Nast, in response to the criticism of a possible third term by President Ulysses S. Grant. The cartoon's image was taken from one of Aesop's fables, ""The Ass in the Lion's Skin."" It follows up with, ""At last coming upon a fox, he [the ass] tried to frighten him also, but the fox no sooner heard the sound of his voice than he exclaimed, 'I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not hear your bray.'"" ""The moral of the"
"Regular Democratic Organization The Regular Democratic Organization (RDO), or Old Regulars, or the New Orleans Ring, is a conservative political organization based in New Orleans. It has existed for 130 years and as of 2017 is still active. The symbol of the RDO is the rooster. For many years the organization's headquarters was at the Choctaw Club. The RDO organized in the latter days of Reconstruction, toward the end of Republican Party control of the city. In 1876 the Democrats regained control of the state legislature, in part due to violent intimidation by the paramiliary White League of white and"
"several state Libertarian parties adopted the Liberty Penguin (""LP"") as their official mascot. Another mascot is the Libertarian porcupine, an icon that was originally designed by Kevin Breen in March 2006 and inspired by the logo of the Free State Project (FSP). The Libertarian Party is democratically governed by its members, with state affiliate parties each holding annual or biennial conventions at which delegates are elected to attend the party's biennial national convention. National convention delegates vote on changes to the party's national platform and bylaws and elect officers and ""At-Large"" representatives to the party's National Committee. The National Committee"
"Speaker Christian Herter explained that the Cod had been created decades before aluminum's discovery, and suggested that the Holy Mackerel be considered for sacrifice instead. Sacred Cod The Sacred Cod is a four-foot eleven-inch carved-wood effigy of an Atlantic codfish, ""painted to the life"", hanging in the House of Representatives chamber of Boston's Massachusetts State House""a memorial of the importance of the Cod-Fishery to the welfare of this Commonwealth"" (i.e. Massachusetts, of which cod is officially the ""historic and continuing symbol""). The Sacred Cod has gone through as many as three incarnations over three centuries: the first was lost in"
"Sacred Cod The Sacred Cod is a four-foot eleven-inch carved-wood effigy of an Atlantic codfish, ""painted to the life"", hanging in the House of Representatives chamber of Boston's Massachusetts State House""a memorial of the importance of the Cod-Fishery to the welfare of this Commonwealth"" (i.e. Massachusetts, of which cod is officially the ""historic and continuing symbol""). The Sacred Cod has gone through as many as three incarnations over three centuries: the first was lost in a 1747 fire; the second disappeared during the American Revolution; and the third is the one seen in the House today. ""Sacred Cod"" is not"
"on the reverse of the Albanian 1 lek coin, issued in 1996. The name and image were used for Pelican Books, an imprint of nonfiction books published by Penguin Books. The seal of the Packer Collegiate Institute, a pelican feeding her young, has been in use since 1885. The Christian Democratic political party known as the American Solidarity Party uses the pelican as its animal symbol, alluding to its Catholic social teaching platform. The pelican is the subject of a popular limerick originally composed by Dixon Lanier Merritt in 1910 with several variations by other authors. The original version ran:"
"March 29, 1950. The cartoon depicted four leading Republicans trying to push an elephant (the traditional symbol of the Republican Party) to stand on a platform atop a teetering stack of ten tar buckets, the topmost of which was labeled ""McCarthyism"". Block later wrote that there was ""nothing particularly ingenious about the term, which is simply used to represent a national affliction that can hardly be described in any other way. If anyone has a prior claim on it, he's welcome to the word and to the junior senator from Wisconsin along with it. I will also throw in a"
"Humane Party The Humane Party is a United States national political party with a focus on animal rights and a sustainable economy. Founded in 2009, the party requires all candidates, officers, and board members to sign an oath abstaining from the use of animal products and services. The party's goals include abolishing the property status of animals, banning all GMOs, and replacing the electoral college with direct democracy. On November 1, 2015, Humane Party CEO Clifton Roberts, a vegan for 18 years, became the party's first presidential candidate. On June 10, 2016, Dr. Amie ""Breeze"" Harper was announced as the"
"world) or a great sage. In Islamic tradition, the year 570 when Muhammad was born is known as the Year of the Elephant. Elephants were thought to be religious themselves by the Romans, who believed that they worshipped the sun and stars. Elephants are ubiquitous in Western popular culture as emblems of the exotic, especially since – as with the giraffe, hippopotamus and rhinoceros – there are no similar animals familiar to Western audiences. The use of the elephant as a symbol of the US Republican Party began with an 1874 cartoon by Thomas Nast. As characters, elephants are most"
"against George Wallace, getting 15% of the vote. Wallace was easily re-elected with 637,046 (74.51%) votes against Cashin who won only 125,491 (14.68%). The American bald eagle was the symbol of the NDPA, which was often opposed by the Democratic Rooster in local Democratic elections. ANDP candidates ran in many other statewide races, but never polled above 31% or won any statewide office until losing ballot access in 1982. The party became a prominent voice for African American voting rights and an important player in local politics in Black-dominated communities such as Greene County, Hale County, Perry County, Lowndes County"
"children. This dog represents a pet that the lower class would have, a stray that would be there to keep the owner company. Brown refers to the dog as a ""rugged democrat"". Left of that there is a brown dog wearing a sweater, presumably owned, as Brown says, by the woman on the left with the blue parasol. This dog represents the wealthier upper-middle class of the society. The dog is there for companionship but also for play and to show off wealth. Brown says that the democratic dog ""hates minions of aristocracy in red jackets"". There is also a"
"Bill the Goat Bill the Goat is the mascot of the United States Naval Academy. The mascot is a live goat and is also represented by a costumed midshipman. There is also a bronze statue of the goat in the north end zone of Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. This statue also plays a role in ""Army Week"" traditions. The Navy Monkey (which was really a gorilla) was the first mascot. It was the favorite animal of U.S. Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, who established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845 during the administration of President James"
"work must come into being in the ""scopic field... which we cannot view from outside."" For branding, merchandising, and representation, figures known as mascots are now often employed to personify sports teams, corporations, and major events such as the World's Fair and the Olympics. These personifications may be simple human or animal figures, such as Ronald McDonald or the ass that represents the United States's Democratic Party. Other times, they are anthropomorphic items, such as ""Clippy"" or the ""Michelin Man"". Most often, they are anthropomorphic animals such as the Energizer Bunny or the San Diego Chicken. The practice is particularly"
"in 1960, and George Wallace in 1968. In the 1964 presidential election, five states in the Deep South (then a Democratic stronghold) voted for Republican Barry Goldwater over Southern Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson, partly due to Johnson's support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Goldwater's opposition to it. After 1968, with desegregation a settled issue, the Republican Party began a strategy of trying to win conservative Southerners away from the Democrats and into the Republican Party (see Southern strategy and silent majority). Representative Howard W. Smith of Virginia took up the boll weevil as a symbol in the"
"of trappers. In the 1830s, the United States Whig Party used the raccoon as an emblem, causing them to be pejoratively known as ""coons"" by their political opponents, who saw them as too sympathetic to African-Americans. Soon after that the term became an ethnic slur, especially in use between 1880 and 1920 (see ""coon song""), and the term is still considered offensive. In the first decades after its discovery by the members of the expedition of Christopher Columbus, who was the first person to leave a written record about the species, taxonomists thought the raccoon was related to many different"
"elected to office. In 1976, Marvel Comics announced that their character Howard the Duck would run in that year's election for the U.S. presidency. The ""Black Mirror"" episode ""The Waldo Moment"" explores the concept of a cartoon character electoral candidate. Several news reports, including one by Chris Cillizza, political reporter for ""The Washington Post"", compared the 2016 Donald Trump political campaign to the episode; later, in September 2016, episode writer Charlie Brooker also compared the Trump campaign to ""The Waldo Moment"" and predicted Trump would win the 2016 election. The nerd-folk song ""President Snakes"" from the 2015 album of the"