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Donkey as Democratic Party symbolic animal
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How come the US Democratic Party is OK with being associated with a donkey? Couldn't they push for a more flattering animal? An elephant has stronger positive connotations. Couldn't they try to be associated with another one? There's plenty to choose: American bison, bald eagle, grey wolf, grizzly bear, American lion. No one wants to be a donkey, right?
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How come the US Democratic Party is OK with being associated with a donkey? Couldn't they push for a more flattering animal? An elephant has stronger positive connotations. Couldn't they try to be associated with another one? There's plenty to choose: American bison, bald eagle, grey wolf, grizzly bear, American lion. No one wants to be a donkey, right?
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"No one wants to be a donkey, right?" That might be the underlying issue here. Even the donkey in Winnie Pooh is very depressed.
– Trilarion
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How come the US Democratic Party is OK with being associated with a donkey? Couldn't they push for a more flattering animal? An elephant has stronger positive connotations. Couldn't they try to be associated with another one? There's plenty to choose: American bison, bald eagle, grey wolf, grizzly bear, American lion. No one wants to be a donkey, right?
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How come the US Democratic Party is OK with being associated with a donkey? Couldn't they push for a more flattering animal? An elephant has stronger positive connotations. Couldn't they try to be associated with another one? There's plenty to choose: American bison, bald eagle, grey wolf, grizzly bear, American lion. No one wants to be a donkey, right?
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"No one wants to be a donkey, right?" That might be the underlying issue here. Even the donkey in Winnie Pooh is very depressed.
– Trilarion
Jun 27 at 20:55
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"No one wants to be a donkey, right?" That might be the underlying issue here. Even the donkey in Winnie Pooh is very depressed.
– Trilarion
Jun 27 at 20:55
"No one wants to be a donkey, right?" That might be the underlying issue here. Even the donkey in Winnie Pooh is very depressed.
– Trilarion
Jun 27 at 20:55
"No one wants to be a donkey, right?" That might be the underlying issue here. Even the donkey in Winnie Pooh is very depressed.
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Per How did the Republican and Democratic parties get their animal symbols?:
The origins of the Democratic donkey can be traced to the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson. During that race, opponents of Jackson called him a jackass. However, rather than rejecting the label, Jackson, a hero of the War of 1812 who later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, was amused by it and included an image of the animal in his campaign posters. Jackson went on to defeat incumbent John Quincy Adams and serve as America’s first Democratic president. In the 1870s, influential political cartoonist Thomas Nast helped popularize the donkey as a symbol for the entire Democratic Party.
Longer version of the story: The Historic Elephant and Donkey; It Was Thomas Nast "Father of the American Cartoon," Who Brought Them Into Politics
Thomas Nast's cartoon "Third Term Panic" Inspired by the tale of a The Ass in the Lion's Skin and a rumor of President Grant seeking a third term, the Democratic donkey aka "Caesarism" panics the other political animals-including a Republican Party elephant at the left (via Thomas Nast's wiki page)
For context, recollect that at the time, the Democratic party was the party of pro-slavery southerners, and that the Republican party was the part of anti-slavery northerners.
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I came across this reference. That surely explains how it started, but not why it went on. Is the rest just inertia?
– Pierre B
Jun 25 at 11:33
@PierreB: See the link I just edited in. It went on because of Thomas Nast in the 1870s.
– Denis de Bernardy
Jun 25 at 11:34
Sorry, but it's not quite a democratic donkey in "Third Term Panic". Everything was labeled. The Ass is the N.Y. Herald, panicking the other papers, meanwhile the actual Democratic Party is the little Fox gone to cover with his paws on the REFORM plank.
– agc
Jun 26 at 6:30
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Opponents of Andrew Jackson would call him a "jackass" as an insult during the 1828 presidential campaign. He, however, used the symbol on posters when he was running. In 1837, the donkey was first used in a political cartoon as a symbol for the party:
In 1870, Thomas Nast started using the donkey for the party in cartoons. He likely didn't know that the symbol was already associated with Democrats; he'd immigrated in 1840 as a child. This is the first cartoon by him using the symbol:
He also popularized (while not inventing) the symbol of an elephant for Republicans, in this 1874 cartoon:
Note that the Democratic Party's official logo is actual this blue capital "D":
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Per How did the Republican and Democratic parties get their animal symbols?:
The origins of the Democratic donkey can be traced to the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson. During that race, opponents of Jackson called him a jackass. However, rather than rejecting the label, Jackson, a hero of the War of 1812 who later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, was amused by it and included an image of the animal in his campaign posters. Jackson went on to defeat incumbent John Quincy Adams and serve as America’s first Democratic president. In the 1870s, influential political cartoonist Thomas Nast helped popularize the donkey as a symbol for the entire Democratic Party.
Longer version of the story: The Historic Elephant and Donkey; It Was Thomas Nast "Father of the American Cartoon," Who Brought Them Into Politics
Thomas Nast's cartoon "Third Term Panic" Inspired by the tale of a The Ass in the Lion's Skin and a rumor of President Grant seeking a third term, the Democratic donkey aka "Caesarism" panics the other political animals-including a Republican Party elephant at the left (via Thomas Nast's wiki page)
For context, recollect that at the time, the Democratic party was the party of pro-slavery southerners, and that the Republican party was the part of anti-slavery northerners.
answered Jun 25 at 11:31
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I came across this reference. That surely explains how it started, but not why it went on. Is the rest just inertia?
– Pierre B
Jun 25 at 11:33
@PierreB: See the link I just edited in. It went on because of Thomas Nast in the 1870s.
– Denis de Bernardy
Jun 25 at 11:34
Sorry, but it's not quite a democratic donkey in "Third Term Panic". Everything was labeled. The Ass is the N.Y. Herald, panicking the other papers, meanwhile the actual Democratic Party is the little Fox gone to cover with his paws on the REFORM plank.
– agc
Jun 26 at 6:30
add a comment |
Per How did the Republican and Democratic parties get their animal symbols?:
The origins of the Democratic donkey can be traced to the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson. During that race, opponents of Jackson called him a jackass. However, rather than rejecting the label, Jackson, a hero of the War of 1812 who later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, was amused by it and included an image of the animal in his campaign posters. Jackson went on to defeat incumbent John Quincy Adams and serve as America’s first Democratic president. In the 1870s, influential political cartoonist Thomas Nast helped popularize the donkey as a symbol for the entire Democratic Party.
Longer version of the story: The Historic Elephant and Donkey; It Was Thomas Nast "Father of the American Cartoon," Who Brought Them Into Politics
Thomas Nast's cartoon "Third Term Panic" Inspired by the tale of a The Ass in the Lion's Skin and a rumor of President Grant seeking a third term, the Democratic donkey aka "Caesarism" panics the other political animals-including a Republican Party elephant at the left (via Thomas Nast's wiki page)
For context, recollect that at the time, the Democratic party was the party of pro-slavery southerners, and that the Republican party was the part of anti-slavery northerners.
answered Jun 25 at 11:31
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I came across this reference. That surely explains how it started, but not why it went on. Is the rest just inertia?
– Pierre B
Jun 25 at 11:33
@PierreB: See the link I just edited in. It went on because of Thomas Nast in the 1870s.
– Denis de Bernardy
Jun 25 at 11:34
Sorry, but it's not quite a democratic donkey in "Third Term Panic". Everything was labeled. The Ass is the N.Y. Herald, panicking the other papers, meanwhile the actual Democratic Party is the little Fox gone to cover with his paws on the REFORM plank.
– agc
Jun 26 at 6:30
add a comment |
Per How did the Republican and Democratic parties get their animal symbols?:
The origins of the Democratic donkey can be traced to the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson. During that race, opponents of Jackson called him a jackass. However, rather than rejecting the label, Jackson, a hero of the War of 1812 who later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, was amused by it and included an image of the animal in his campaign posters. Jackson went on to defeat incumbent John Quincy Adams and serve as America’s first Democratic president. In the 1870s, influential political cartoonist Thomas Nast helped popularize the donkey as a symbol for the entire Democratic Party.
Longer version of the story: The Historic Elephant and Donkey; It Was Thomas Nast "Father of the American Cartoon," Who Brought Them Into Politics
Thomas Nast's cartoon "Third Term Panic" Inspired by the tale of a The Ass in the Lion's Skin and a rumor of President Grant seeking a third term, the Democratic donkey aka "Caesarism" panics the other political animals-including a Republican Party elephant at the left (via Thomas Nast's wiki page)
For context, recollect that at the time, the Democratic party was the party of pro-slavery southerners, and that the Republican party was the part of anti-slavery northerners.
answered Jun 25 at 11:31
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Per How did the Republican and Democratic parties get their animal symbols?:
The origins of the Democratic donkey can be traced to the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson. During that race, opponents of Jackson called him a jackass. However, rather than rejecting the label, Jackson, a hero of the War of 1812 who later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, was amused by it and included an image of the animal in his campaign posters. Jackson went on to defeat incumbent John Quincy Adams and serve as America’s first Democratic president. In the 1870s, influential political cartoonist Thomas Nast helped popularize the donkey as a symbol for the entire Democratic Party.
Longer version of the story: The Historic Elephant and Donkey; It Was Thomas Nast "Father of the American Cartoon," Who Brought Them Into Politics
Thomas Nast's cartoon "Third Term Panic" Inspired by the tale of a The Ass in the Lion's Skin and a rumor of President Grant seeking a third term, the Democratic donkey aka "Caesarism" panics the other political animals-including a Republican Party elephant at the left (via Thomas Nast's wiki page)
For context, recollect that at the time, the Democratic party was the party of pro-slavery southerners, and that the Republican party was the part of anti-slavery northerners.
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I came across this reference. That surely explains how it started, but not why it went on. Is the rest just inertia?
– Pierre B
Jun 25 at 11:33
@PierreB: See the link I just edited in. It went on because of Thomas Nast in the 1870s.
– Denis de Bernardy
Jun 25 at 11:34
Sorry, but it's not quite a democratic donkey in "Third Term Panic". Everything was labeled. The Ass is the N.Y. Herald, panicking the other papers, meanwhile the actual Democratic Party is the little Fox gone to cover with his paws on the REFORM plank.
– agc
Jun 26 at 6:30
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I came across this reference. That surely explains how it started, but not why it went on. Is the rest just inertia?
– Pierre B
Jun 25 at 11:33
@PierreB: See the link I just edited in. It went on because of Thomas Nast in the 1870s.
– Denis de Bernardy
Jun 25 at 11:34
Sorry, but it's not quite a democratic donkey in "Third Term Panic". Everything was labeled. The Ass is the N.Y. Herald, panicking the other papers, meanwhile the actual Democratic Party is the little Fox gone to cover with his paws on the REFORM plank.
– agc
Jun 26 at 6:30
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I came across this reference. That surely explains how it started, but not why it went on. Is the rest just inertia?
– Pierre B
Jun 25 at 11:33
I came across this reference. That surely explains how it started, but not why it went on. Is the rest just inertia?
– Pierre B
Jun 25 at 11:33
@PierreB: See the link I just edited in. It went on because of Thomas Nast in the 1870s.
– Denis de Bernardy
Jun 25 at 11:34
@PierreB: See the link I just edited in. It went on because of Thomas Nast in the 1870s.
– Denis de Bernardy
Jun 25 at 11:34
Sorry, but it's not quite a democratic donkey in "Third Term Panic". Everything was labeled. The Ass is the N.Y. Herald, panicking the other papers, meanwhile the actual Democratic Party is the little Fox gone to cover with his paws on the REFORM plank.
– agc
Jun 26 at 6:30
Sorry, but it's not quite a democratic donkey in "Third Term Panic". Everything was labeled. The Ass is the N.Y. Herald, panicking the other papers, meanwhile the actual Democratic Party is the little Fox gone to cover with his paws on the REFORM plank.
– agc
Jun 26 at 6:30
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Opponents of Andrew Jackson would call him a "jackass" as an insult during the 1828 presidential campaign. He, however, used the symbol on posters when he was running. In 1837, the donkey was first used in a political cartoon as a symbol for the party:
In 1870, Thomas Nast started using the donkey for the party in cartoons. He likely didn't know that the symbol was already associated with Democrats; he'd immigrated in 1840 as a child. This is the first cartoon by him using the symbol:
He also popularized (while not inventing) the symbol of an elephant for Republicans, in this 1874 cartoon:
Note that the Democratic Party's official logo is actual this blue capital "D":
Source
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answered Jun 25 at 15:01
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Opponents of Andrew Jackson would call him a "jackass" as an insult during the 1828 presidential campaign. He, however, used the symbol on posters when he was running. In 1837, the donkey was first used in a political cartoon as a symbol for the party:
In 1870, Thomas Nast started using the donkey for the party in cartoons. He likely didn't know that the symbol was already associated with Democrats; he'd immigrated in 1840 as a child. This is the first cartoon by him using the symbol:
He also popularized (while not inventing) the symbol of an elephant for Republicans, in this 1874 cartoon:
Note that the Democratic Party's official logo is actual this blue capital "D":
Source
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answered Jun 25 at 15:01
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Opponents of Andrew Jackson would call him a "jackass" as an insult during the 1828 presidential campaign. He, however, used the symbol on posters when he was running. In 1837, the donkey was first used in a political cartoon as a symbol for the party:
In 1870, Thomas Nast started using the donkey for the party in cartoons. He likely didn't know that the symbol was already associated with Democrats; he'd immigrated in 1840 as a child. This is the first cartoon by him using the symbol:
He also popularized (while not inventing) the symbol of an elephant for Republicans, in this 1874 cartoon:
Note that the Democratic Party's official logo is actual this blue capital "D":
Source
Second source
answered Jun 25 at 15:01
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Opponents of Andrew Jackson would call him a "jackass" as an insult during the 1828 presidential campaign. He, however, used the symbol on posters when he was running. In 1837, the donkey was first used in a political cartoon as a symbol for the party:
In 1870, Thomas Nast started using the donkey for the party in cartoons. He likely didn't know that the symbol was already associated with Democrats; he'd immigrated in 1840 as a child. This is the first cartoon by him using the symbol:
He also popularized (while not inventing) the symbol of an elephant for Republicans, in this 1874 cartoon:
Note that the Democratic Party's official logo is actual this blue capital "D":
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"No one wants to be a donkey, right?" That might be the underlying issue here. Even the donkey in Winnie Pooh is very depressed.
– Trilarion
Jun 27 at 20:55