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This 3-page paper covers the history of the Democratic donkey and Republican elephant. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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elephant has represented the Republican party (also known as the GOP). But where did these animals come from and how did they become such important party emblems?
The origins of the Democratic donkey can be traced back to the early part of the 19th century (DNC, 2004). At that time (in 1828,
to be exact), Andrew Jackson ran for president. But because he was a populist whose philosophy was to let the people rule, he was considered to be a "jackass" by
his opponents (DNC, 2004). But Jackson, rather than letting the name get him down, turned the concept of "jackass" to his advantage by using the donkey on his campaign posters
(DNC, 2004). Its also been said that the donkey represented Jackson because Jackson was stubborn (like a donkey) when he vetoed the idea of re-chartering the National Bank (DNC, 2004).
However, it took decades for the donkey to be widely accepted as the Democratic partys symbol (DNC, 2004). Political cartoonist Thomas Nast
first used the donkey in 1870 in a Harpers Weekly cartoon that represented the "Copperhead Press," that of a donkey kicking a dead lion (with the lion representing Abraham Lincolns
Secretary of War Edwin M Stanton) (DNC, 2004). The donkey represented the anti-war faction (known as "Copperheads") (DNC, 2004). But the symbol became popular in the publics eye, so Nast
continued using it in conjunction with Democrats (DNC, 2004). Because of this, the donkey, by the 1880s, became a well-established mascot for the Democratic Party (DNC, 2004).
Nast, in his own way, was also responsible for boosting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party (DNC, 2004). In 1874, Nast developed
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