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Why democrats chose Donkey as their party symbol ?

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Why democrats chose Donkey as their party symbol ?

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Stubborn, determined…It will stand up to an enemy bigger than itself. 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.

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They didn’t choose it…the cartoonist Thomas Nast is the reason why the donkey and elephant are the official symbols of the Democratic and Republican party, respectively, thanks to a political cartoon he drew in the 1870s.

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Personally, i think both the Donkey and Elephant are lousy symbols. If i was starting a party, I would pick a Tiger or a Lion. I suspect that the donkey was selected because it represented labor. A donkey is a beast of burden.

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