"most lasting impression came from the cartoons of Thomas Nast from 1870 in ""Harper's Weekly"". Cartoonists followed Nast and used the donkey to represent the Democrats and the elephant to represent the Republicans. In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Democratic Party in Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Ohio was the rooster, as opposed to the Republican eagle. This symbol still appears on Oklahoma, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia ballots. The rooster was adopted as the official symbol of the national Democratic Party. In New York, the Democratic ballot symbol is a five-pointed star. Although both major political"
"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"
"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"
"""…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."
"Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. The Democrats' dominant worldview was once social conservatism and economic liberalism while populism was its leading characteristic in the rural South. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate in the Progressive (""Bull Moose"") Party, beginning a switch of political platforms"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"Democrat Party (epithet) Democrat Party is an epithet for the Democratic Party in the United States, used in a disparaging fashion by the party's opponents. While historical and occasional current usage includes non-hostile appearances (including from within that party), the term has grown in its negative use since the 1940s, in particular by members of the Republican Party—in party platforms, partisan speeches, and press releases—as well as by conservative commentators. While there is grammatical argument regarding the propriety of use of both of the terms, with ending and without, ongoing use of the shortened term for political ends is a"
"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"
"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"
"recognize Israel's right to exist, reject violence, and adhere to existing agreements. Political positions of the Democratic Party The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The party describes itself as supporting American liberalism and American progressivism. The party incorporates centrists liberals and progressives, as well as more left-wing or socialist movements, many aligned with the presidential campaign of independent Senator Bernie Sanders. There is also a small Conservative wing represented in the house by the Blue Dog Coalition, although Conservative Democrat ideology is different from the traditional Conservatism the Republican party"
"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"
"itself the American Solidarity Party. The ASP mascot is the pelican, a traditional symbol of charity. The party’s political color is orange, as with other Christian Democratic political parties. Some members of the American Solidarity Party refer to themselves as Solidarists. American Solidarity Party The American Solidarity Party (ASP) is a Christian democratic political party in the United States. Its motto is ""Common Good, Common Ground, Common Sense."" Founded in 2011 and officially incorporated in 2016, the party has a National Committee and is active in state and local chapters and through on-line communication. It is regarded as a minor"
"mayor in 1970 reflecting the liberal ascendancy. Correspondingly, RDO has maintained its initials while touting ""Republicans, Democrats, Others"" as alternative underlying words. RDO detached from the Democratic Party and began tactically endorsing candidates irrespective of partisan affiliation. 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"
"Political positions of the Democratic Party The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The party describes itself as supporting American liberalism and American progressivism. The party incorporates centrists liberals and progressives, as well as more left-wing or socialist movements, many aligned with the presidential campaign of independent Senator Bernie Sanders. There is also a small Conservative wing represented in the house by the Blue Dog Coalition, although Conservative Democrat ideology is different from the traditional Conservatism the Republican party supports. Policies of past Democratic platforms have sought to protect social programs,"
"in 1998 by Don Siegelman. Since 1986, Democrats have lost more and more ground to the Republicans, finally, in 2010, losing control of the Alabama Legislature. In 1904 the Alabama Democratic Party chose, as the logo to put on its ballots, a rooster with the motto ""White supremacy - For the right."" Some objected to the rooster, such as segregationist Senator J. Thomas Heflin, who found it ""[failing] to impress the people with the dignity of the Democratic Party,"" preferring to use a woman holding the Constitution in scrolls upon which was marked ""Here We Rest"" without objecting to the"
"that 19% of Democrats identify themselves as conservative, a decline of 6% from 2000. In 2018, Gallup's ideology polling found that 35% of Democrats self-identified as moderate and 13% identified as conservative; 50% of Democratic respondents described their ideology as liberal. The 1828 presidential election marked the beginning of the Democratic Party as a modern, mass-based political party. The opposition to Andrew Jackson in the Democratic-Republican party splintered off into the short-lived National Republican Party, which later combined with other opponents of Jackson to form the Whig Party. Jackson's supporters dropped the ""Republican"" part of the name and became known"
"democracy, was adopted as the party symbol in 1986 as part of a rebranding exercise and is now incorporated into the party logo. The red flag became an inspiration which resulted in the composition of ""The Red Flag"", the official party anthem since its inception, being sung at the end of party conferences and on various occasions such as in parliament on February 2006 to mark the centenary of the Labour Party's founding. During New Labour attempts were made to play down the role of the song, however it still remains in use. The patriotic song Jerusalem, based on a"
"inefficient use of public funds. 4. Increase the salaries of civil servants and reduce their number. 1. Introduction of compact, contract, efficient army. 2. Equipment of the army with advanced armaments. 1. Intensifying of ecological control by the state and society. 2. Creation of comfortable living conditions in urban and rural areas, landscaping yard territories, equipment of recreation places for young people, pensioners and children. 3.Promoting forestry, hunting and fishing economy. The management of the party is executed by the Federal Political Council, consisting of: The symbol of the Party Action is the bee, as it, according to the party"
"the Democratic Party. In the run-up of the 2014 European Parliament election Lega Nord formed a pact with Die Freiheitlichen (dF), according to which the dF's symbol and candidates were included in the party's slates. In the 2015 municipal election in Bolzano, for mayor, the LNST supported Carlo Vettori, who had joined the party just two years before and styled himself as a strong supporter of the party's ""inter-ethnic"" identity, and gained 11.0% of the vote. In Laives LNST's Christian Bianchi was elected mayor with the support of the SVP and the Five Star Movement (M5S). The new course and,"
"of fraternity, freedom and justice. Its symbol is an O and a D that turn into a flower. Its colors are blue, yellow, green and red. Democratic Choice (Dominican Republic) Democratic Choice (Spanish: Opción Democrática, OD) is a centre-left political party founded in 2015 by Minou Tavárez Mirabal and other volunteers . Democratic Choice (OD) was announced as a result of Mirabal's split from the Dominican Liberation’s Party in a public letter to the media. Democratic Choice is a community of Dominican citizens without restrictions based on socioeconomic status, religious beliefs, ethnic, gender or any another condition. It favors the"
"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"
"Rights Act of 1965, to replace ""White supremacy"" with ""Democrats."" Thirty years later, on 1996, the party finally dropped the rooster, citing racist and white supremacist connotations linked with the symbol. Alabama Democratic Party The Alabama Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Alabama. It is chaired by Nancy Worley. Federally, Alabama has not voted for a Democrat for President since Jimmy Carter was the nominee in 1976. In Congress, Democrats hold one out of Alabama's seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and hold one of the state's two U.S. Senate seats."
"States was inspired by the conception of the United States as a modern reincarnation of the Roman Republic, a theme that recurs in other elements as well (including the prevalence of neoclassical architecture in American public buildings and the use of Roman terminology—such as naming the upper house of Congress the Senate—to hark back to the Roman model). Adolf Hitler used a golden eagle regularly as a symbol for the Nazi Party, including large monuments or statues on buildings and bridges as well as the pins worn on lapels of Nazi officers. In this case, the eagle was used as"
"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"
"a green heart, and it then achieved success. Described by ""The Portland Upside"" as ""the Heart In Oregon sticker-turned-emblem that has popped up everywhere on auto bumpers, community news boards and skin"", the newspaper noted that some people have had the emblem tattooed onto their bodies, and that over 250,000 of the stickers have been distributed. The Democratic Party of Oregon adopted the emblem for T-shirts and buttons used at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. The emblem ""reflects our shared appreciation for Oregon's beauty, entrepreneurial spirit and environmental leadership"", said Democratic Party spokesman Marc Siegal. In autumn of"
"through historic times. The image has survived in the modern world as a representation of magisterial or collective power, law and governance. The fasces frequently occurs as a charge in heraldry: it is present on the reverse of the U.S. Mercury dime coin and behind the podium in the United States House of Representatives; and it was the origin of the name of the National Fascist Party in Italy (from which the term ""fascism"" is derived). During the first half of the 20th century both the fasces and the swastika (each symbol having its own unique ancient religious and mythological"
"for all d) Safe and secure neighborhoods e) Safe operations of industry f) Respect for democratic trade unionism g) Equal rights and opportunity for all h) The elimination of all forms of discrimination i) Economic development j) Co-operation with the regional and international community Democratic Party of Trinidad and Tobago The Democratic Party of Trinidad and Tobago is a political party in Trinidad and Tobago without parliamentary representation. The party is led by Steve Alvarez, with Wayne Rodriguez as its chairman. It was formed in 2001. The party symbol for the DPTT is the hummingbird feeding on a hibiscus flower."
"History of the United States Democratic Party The Democratic Party is the oldest voter-based political party in the world and the oldest existing political party in the United States, tracing its heritage back to the anti-Federalists and the Jeffersonian Democratic-Republican Party of the 1790s. During the Second Party System (from 1832 to the mid-1850s) under Presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk, the Democrats usually bested the opposition Whig Party by narrow margins. Both parties worked hard to build grassroots organizations and maximize the turnout of voters, which often reached 80 percent or 90 percent. Both parties"
"as the liberal party on domestic issues. The economic philosophy of Franklin D. Roosevelt, which has strongly influenced modern American liberalism, has shaped much of the party's agenda since 1932. Roosevelt's New Deal coalition controlled the White House until 1968, with the exception of the two terms of President Eisenhower from 1953–1961. Since the mid-20th century, Democrats have generally been in the center-left and currently support social justice, social liberalism, a mixed economy, and the welfare state, although Bill Clinton and other New Democrats have pushed for free trade and neoliberalism, which is seen to have shifted the party rightwards."
"by fostering corruption, curtailing civil liberties, and perpetuating racism. The Legal Marijuana Now Party believes legalization would bring more jobs and money into the economy. The hemp plant provides multiple durable goods such as rope, fabric, industrial oil, and biofuel. Cannabis itself is food and medicine. According to Mark Elworth, Jr., the Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate for vice president in 2016, ""Let's let farmers produce environmentally-friendly hemp again."" The official mascot of the Legal Marijuana Now party is the cannabis leaf. Marvelous Cannabis Leaf is a personification of the mascot that was first drawn as part of the cartoon"
"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"