why the democrats party use a donkey as a symbol ??
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The origins of this symbol are unknown, but several theories have been proposed. According to one theory, in its original form, the jackass was born in the intense mudslinging that occurred during the presidential race of 1828 as a play on the name of Andrew Jackson, the Democratic candidate. Jackson had been called "Andrew Jackass," and the defiant Jackson adopted the nickname.\n\nOn January 19, 1870, a political cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly titled "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" revived the donkey as a symbol for the Democratic Party (the symbol had also been used in the 1830s). Cartoonists followed Nast and used the donkey to represent the Democrats, and the elephant to represent the Republicans.
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It is a symbol ............. like the US Flag.  It is a representation of the "peoples".   And it is sacred.\n\n\nNative Pride!
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Historically Democrats are for increasing the size of government, increasing the amount of freebies and benefits given to those that choose to be undereducated and underemployed, and increasing their own salaries and benefits.\n\nAs good ole Georgie has seen the government rise to its largest size ever, and the economy is tanking, no matter who gets elected taxes will have to be raised.\n\nEveryone get ready for the finger pointing that will occur while we are starving in our next big recession.  It's coming.\n\nAnd I do agree with you, I'm a moderate too, it's a shame the rest of the nation insists on Red or Blue.
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Cartoonist Thomas Nast came up with both symbols in Harper's Weekly in 1874.\n\nThe donkey was clothed in a lion skin and scared away the animals at the zoo. The elephant was labeled Republican party.\n\nTwo years later, Nast drew the elephant trampling Samuel Tilden (the democratic candidate that year)
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The elephant is the symbol of the Republican Party, because during the time of Pres. Abraham Lincoln, the King of Siam (sorry, don't have his name -- I think King Rama IV), sent some elephants to Lincoln, as a gesture of admiration and good will.\n\nSorry, don't know about the donkey symbol.
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Because the democrats have successfully pitched themselves as a party concerned about the poor.  I admit to being cynical, I think many democrat leaders prefer to keep the poor poor (by addicting them to welfare and making them think they can't survive without it because of racism or whatever) so they have a steady source of votes.  So they have no incentive to work on getting them off of welfare and in to the workforce. \n\nI'm a republican which is probably no surprise.
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I suppose about the same time Republicans realize not all Democrats favor abortion rights.  That's the problem with labels.  They are almost always wrong.
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動物  this symbol means animal.
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Did you here there's a new bumper sticker that's bi-partisan.  It says "Run Hillary Run".\n\nDemocrats put it on their back bumber, Republicans put it on the front bumber.
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To keep the Democrats busy wondering what's going on. Then while the Democrats are looking at all the junk, the Republicans can sneak up from behind them, and smash their heads in.
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I almost always vote for one party over the other but just so I wont be a zombie I refuse to vote straight ticket.  \n\nI used to know a very old man who was illiterate and he would go into the voting booth and look for the donkey at the top of the ticket and punch straight party.  He would say, "The donkey means Democrat.  And Roosevelt was a Democrat...and that makes me a Democrat"  \n\nRepublican or Democrat don't give up your individuality for the party.
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It appears to me to signify the Democrats victory over the Republicans. The size of the two animals is in direct proportion to the size of power each party possessed before the election. \n\nIt also reminds of Virginia's State seal. It too is a picture of someone (Liberty) standing over a fallen foe (Tyranny), holding a flag. \n\nhttp://www.hometownusa.com/va/images/Virginia_Seal.png\n\nIn case you didn't know, the donkey represents the Democrats and the Elephant the Republicans. That dates back to the 19th century political cartoons of Thomas Nast.
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In 1874 Thomas Nast published a political cartoon in the Harper's Weekly that used both the elephant and the donkey as symbols.
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Democrats kiss up to the women and minorities because that's all they have. The Democrats are an ineffective party and they've proved it many times. The more American 1st party is that which represents all people and not certain groups. Which none have done.
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It is important to vote Democrat.
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It was Thomas Nast (1840-1902), a political cartoonist drawing for Harper's Weekly, who in the early '60s first came up with the idea of representing the political parties as animals.  The Republicans as elephants they being the liberals whose time had come and couldn't be stopped, and Democrats as donkeys, they being the hard core conservatives too stubborn to see the writing on the wall.  Times have really changed, haven't they?  Nast, in a cartoon in '61, also created the popular, and now universal, image of Santa Clause.
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When Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828, his opponents tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist views and his slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson, however, picked up on their name calling and turned it to his own advantage by using the donkey on his campaign posters. During his presidency, the donkey was used to represent Jackson's stubbornness when he vetoed re-chartering the National Bank.\n\n \n\nThe first time the donkey was used in a political cartoon to represent the Democratic party, it was again in conjunction with Jackson. Although in 1837 Jackson was retired, he still thought of himself as the Party's leader and was shown trying to get the donkey to go where he wanted it to go. The cartoon was titled "A Modern Baalim and his Ass".