November 2nd is Election Day. Find out why the Democratic Party is represented by a donkey and the Republican Party is represented by an elephant. Please write about the origins of these two symbols. There are a couple words that I want you to define too. The words are conservative and liberal. What do they mean and which party is labeled with which word. Please give me the source of your information
The reason that the donkey is the democratic symbol is because when Andrew Jackson ran for president everyone called him a jackass that means donkey. So he used it for his advantage and started putting donkeys on his campaign posters. And the reason the elephant is the symbol for the republicans is because in 1872 a republican made a drawing of an elephant walking into a pit of broken boards, so everyone just started using that and it replaced the eagle.
ReplyDeleteLiberal-favorable to progress
Conservative-traditional style or manner
The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.
ReplyDeleteRepublican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.
In the 1828 presidential campaign Andrew Jackson's opponents called him a jackass so he made the symbol a donkey.
ReplyDeleteIn a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.”
CONSERVATIVE-resistant to change
LIBERAL-tolerant of change
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The Democratic Donkey first appered when Andrew Jackson's opponents called him a jackass. Then the cartoonist, Thomas Nast use it in a paper and made the symbol famous. The Republican elephant first appered when Nast drew the democratic donkey in lion's skin scaring animals at the zoo, and one of those animals was the elephant labled "The Republican Vote." I found this information at www.factmonster.com Consevative means reluctant to accept change. Liberal means broad minded.
ReplyDeleteThe origin of the donkey is the democratic symbol is from when Andrew Jackson ran for president he was called a jackass, and as most people know that is another name for a donkey. After that he used the donkey symbol on his campaign posters. The origin of the elephant is from 1872 a Republican drew a picture of an elephant walking in to broken boards and nails. After that people just replaced the eagle with an elephant.
ReplyDeleteConservative means traditional style or manner.
Democrat
Liberal means favorable to a kind of process. Republican
When Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828, his opponents tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist views. That's why they have a donkey for the demoratic symbol.Thomas Nast, the most popular and influential cartoonist of the time, took the opportunity to combine the two in a cartoon for The New Yorker magazine, representing the Republicans as elephants, docile but unmoveable when calm, unstoppable and destructive when excited. and that's where republicans got there symbol!! :D
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Conservative-traditional style or manner.
Republicians are conservative, and democrates are liberal.
ReplyDeleteJackson was the first candidate of the "Democratic" Party. When he ran for re-election, he was called a "Jackass". He liked that "compliment" so much, he adopted the jackass, or donkey, as the symbol of the Democratic Party. This is according to the History Channel's series "The Presidents." and the reason the elephant is the symbol of the republicans is Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party. Democrats today say the donkey is smart and brave, while Republicans say the elephant is strong and dignified.
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Democratic: The history of the Democratic Party of the United States is an account of the oldest political party in the United States and arguably the oldest democratic party in the world.[1][2]
Republican: Trying times spawn new forces. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 divided the country at the 36° 30' parallel between the pro-slavery, agrarian South and anti-slavery, industrial North, creating an uneasy peace which lasted for three decades. This peace was shattered in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Settlers would decide if their state would be free or slave. Northern leaders such as Horace Greeley, Salmon Chase and Charles Sumner could not sit back and watch the flood of pro-slavery settlers cross the parallel. A new party was needed.
Conservative: adj. resistant to change; opposed to liberal reforms; conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; unimaginatively conventional; avoiding excess; noun a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
Liberal: adj. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition; having political or social views favoring reform and progress; showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; not literal; given or giving freely; noun a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties; a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
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The Democratic is represented by the donkey bacause Andrew Jackson was had been labeled as a jackass. A cartoon artist drew Andrew Jackson riding a donkey in one of his cartoons and that is kind of how it started.
ReplyDeleteThe Republican is represented by the elephant bacause the same cartoon artist drew a elephant representing the Republican party.
Conservative means reluctant to accept change.
Liberal means able to change.
The Democratic party=conservative
The Republic party=liberal
Donkey-When Andrew Jackson ran for president, the people tried to label him as a "jackass" so the artist Thomas Nast drew it on all of his stuff to try to get a lead on the election. The donkey represents the Democrats.
ReplyDeleteElephant-Because the Democrats had a "logo" Thomas Nast decided to come up with a "logo" for the Republicans as well. He saw an elephant on a show and decided to dress it in lion fur.
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conservative - adj. resistant to change; opposed to liberal reforms; conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; unimaginatively conventional; avoiding excess; noun a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
liberal - adj. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition; having political or social views favoring reform and progress; showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; not literal; given or giving freely; noun a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties; a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets.
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Liberal-Democrats
conservative-Republican
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ReplyDeleteIn the 1828 presidential campaign Andrew Jackson's opponents called him a jackass so he made the symbol a donkey.
In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.”
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In the 1828 presidential campaign Andrew Jackson's opponents called him a jackass so he made the symbol a donkey. And it was also at the zoo.
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CONSERVATIVE-resistant to change
ReplyDeleteLIBERAL-tolerant of change
I forgot it.
The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.
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The domocratic is represented by the donkey because of Andrew Jackson's campaign in 1828. His opponent called him a jackass so, he put the donkey on his campaign posters. Later, a cartoonist used it in newspaper cartoons and made it famous. The elephant represents the republican party because in a comic there was an elephant labeled "the republican vote" and it stuck. http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0881985.html
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everyone was calling Andrew Jackson a "jackass" which means donkey, they made the elephant come from a cartoon and the donkey was then dressed in lion skin scaring all the animals away one of them was the elephant or "republican vote"
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Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Republican elephant in a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” Orgins of both:
ReplyDeleteDemocratic: The history of the Democratic Party of the United States is an account of the oldest political party in the United States and arguably the oldest democratic party in the world.[1][2]
Republican: Trying times spawn new forces. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 divided the country at the 36° 30' parallel between the pro-slavery, agrarian South and anti-slavery, industrial North, creating an uneasy peace which lasted for three decades. This peace was shattered in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Settlers would decide if their state would be free or slave. Northern leaders such as Horace Greeley, Salmon Chase and Charles Sumner could not sit back and watch the flood of pro-slavery settlers cross the parallel. A new party was needed.
Conservative- resistant to change.
Liberal- tolerant to change.
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In the 1828 presidential campaign Andrew Jakson's opponents during the electipon of 1828 tried to lable him as a JACKASS and so he made it the donkey. During Harper's weekly in 1874 Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion skin, scaring away all the animals and one of the animals was the elephant, labled "The Republican vote." http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/donkey-elephant.html
ReplyDeleteDemocratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters.
ReplyDeleteRepublican elephant in a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party. Orgins of both:
Democratic: The history of the Democratic Party of the United States is an account of the oldest political party in the United States and arguably the oldest democratic party in the world.[1][2]
Republican: Trying times spawn new forces. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 divided the country at the 36° 30' parallel between the pro-slavery, agrarian South and anti-slavery, industrial North, creating an uneasy peace which lasted for three decades. This peace was shattered in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
liberal-tolerant of change
conservative-resistant to change
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Andrew Jackson was called a jackass by people so when he ran for president his symbol was a donkey so ya. The elephant, came from Harper's weekly and that became the Republican symbol.
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The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.
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Democratic: The history of the Democratic Party of the United States is an account of the oldest political party in the United States and arguably the oldest democratic party in the world.[1][2]
Republican: Trying times spawn new forces. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 divided the country at the 36° 30' parallel between the pro-slavery, agrarian South and anti-slavery, industrial North, creating an uneasy peace which lasted for three decades. This peace was shattered in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Settlers would decide if their state would be free or slave. Northern leaders such as Horace Greeley, Salmon Chase and Charles Sumner could not sit back and watch the flood of pro-slavery settlers cross the parallel. A new party was needed.
Conservative: resistant to change; opposed to liberal reforms; conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; unimaginatively conventional; avoiding excess; noun a person who has conservative ideas or opinions.
Liberal:tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition; having political or social views favoring reform and progress; showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; not literal; given or giving freely; noun a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties; a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
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The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. The elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Par.
ReplyDeleteConservative means favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change. 2. Traditional or restrained in style.
Liberal means broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant
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The Democratic Party symbol is a donkey because back when Andrew Jackson was running for president his opponents called him a jackass. So he drew a donkey and from then on the donkey was the Democratic symbol. A cartoonist named Thomas Nast drew an elephant and a donkey and above the elephant was labeled "The Republican Vote." And from then on the elephant represents the Republican party. http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0881985.html
ReplyDeleteDemocratic is liberal. Republican is conservative. http://www.gallup.com/poll/121307/more-americans-see-democratic-party-too-liberal.aspx
the donkey came to be because of andrew jackson people called him a donkey so he started using it as his symbol and a cartoonist used it in news paper cartoon strips but it also stands for being brave and smart.
ReplyDeletenast made the famous symbol the elephant in 1874 for harpers weekly and it stand for being strong and dignified.
The Donkey— Presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was the first Democrat ever to be associated with the donkey symbol. His opponents during the election of 1828 tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist beliefs and slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson was entertained by the notion and ended up using it to his advantage on his campaign posters.
ReplyDeleteBut cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with making the donkey the recognized symbol of the Democratic Party. It first appeared in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly in 1870, and was supposed to represent an anti-Civil War faction. But the public was immediately taken by it and by 1880 it had already become the unofficial symbol of the party.
The Elephant— Political cartoonist Thomas Nast was also responsible for the Republican Party elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled "The Republican Vote." That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.
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The donkey is part of the democratic party because people were calling Andrew Jackson "jackass" which means donkey. The elephant came from a cartoon, and the donkey was dressed up as a lion and he scared all of the animals away and there was one elephant{the republican}.
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The democratic symbol the donkey came from when Andrew Jackson ran for president and everyone called him " Jackass" meaning donkey. He decided to use the image. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party
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Republican-The Missouri Compromise of 1820 divided the country at the 36° 30' parallel between the pro-slavery, agrarian South and anti-slavery, industrial North, creating an uneasy peace which lasted for three decades. This peace was shattered in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Settlers would decide if their state would be free or slave. Northern leaders such as Horace Greeley, Salmon Chase and Charles Sumner could not sit back and watch the flood of pro-slavery settlers cross the parallel. A new party was needed
Democratic-The history of the Democratic Party of the United States is an account of the oldest political party in the United States and arguably the oldest democratic party in the world.
Lebral: tolerant of change
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conservative :resistant to change
To understand the origin of the donkey as a symbol for the Democratic Party, you need to know a little about the politics of Thomas Nast's time. In particular, Nast despised the Copperhead Democrats. Copperheads were Northern Democrats who had opposed the Civil War from the start. Nast thought of them as anti-Union racists who had become far too prominent and influential in the North.
ReplyDeleteIn his first cartoon featuring the donkey, which was published in 1870, Nast penned the animal kicking a dead lion. He branded the donkey as the Copperhead Press and the lion as Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln's secretary of war, who had just died. The cartoon was an unflattering take on a Democratic press whose lingering anti-war beliefs dishonored Stanton in Nast's mind.
Just like the donkey, the elephant became a popular symbol through the political cartoons of Thomas Nast. But Nast had different feelings toward the elephant -- it represented the party he'd idolized since his emergence on the New York political scene. Behind his renderings lay strong, Republican convictions. But Nast became frustrated with Republicans in the 1870s, when he felt the party had strayed from social liberalism. That frustration, in part, would spawn the Republican elephant image.
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Liberal-favorable to progress
Conservative-traditional style or manner
The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” Conservative means resistant to change. Liberal means tolerant of change.I found all this information at http://www.easydefine.com, and http://www.factmonster.com
ReplyDeleteThe reason that the democratic party is represented by a donkey is because when Andrew Jackson was running for president his opponents called him a jackass. A cartoonist named Thomas Nast drew an elephant and a donkey and above the elephant was labeled "The Republican Vote." And from then on the elephant represents the Republican party.
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Conservative - 5.Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement
Liberal - 2.Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous.
ReplyDeleteNast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.
Democrats today say the donkey is smart and brave, while Republicans say the elephant is strong and dignified.
The reason that the democratic party is represented by a donkey is because when Andrew Jackson was running for president his opponents called him a jackass. A cartoonist named Thomas Nast drew an elephant and a donkey and above the elephant was labeled "The Republican Vote." And from then on the elephant represents the Republican party.
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Liberal-favorable to progress
Conservative-traditional style or manner
The democratic party is a is represented by a donkey is becuase Andrew Jacksons opponents called him a jackass. so Jackson decided to use a donkey as his symbol.
ReplyDeleteDEMOCRATIC: During Andrew Jackson's campaign to become president in 1828, his opponents called him a "jack***." Jackson considered himself a man of the people and accused John Quincy Adams of being an elitist. When Adams' campaign called Jackson a jackass, he embraced the imagery, putting donkeys on campaign posters and touting his "stubbornness" as an asset in battling corruption and elitism.
ReplyDeleteREPUBLIC: Many attribute the first use of the elephant as a symbol of the Republican Party in the US, to the political cartoonist Thomas Nast (1840-1902). He can certainly be credited with giving both the Democratic and Republican parties their mascots, and assigned the donkey to the Democratic Party. Nast’s depiction of the unofficial mascot of the Democratic Party was never meant to be flattering, but nevertheless, the Democrats took on what was initially an insult and made it their own.
conservative - adj. resistant to change; opposed to liberal reforms; conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; unimaginatively conventional; avoiding excess; noun a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
ReplyDeleteliberal - adj. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition; having political or social views favoring reform and progress; showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; not literal; given or giving freely; noun a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties; a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
Donkey means skiny Elephant means fat. Donkeys are conservetive. Elephant are liberal
ReplyDeleteWhen 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."
ReplyDeletePolitical cartoonist Thomas Nast was also responsible for the Republican Party elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled "The Republican Vote." That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.
LIBERAL democrat
progressive politically or socially: favoring gradual reform, especially political reforms that extend democracy, distribute wealth more evenly, and protect the personal freedom of the individual
CONSERVATIVE republican
reluctant to accept change: in favor of preserving the status quo and traditional values and customs, and against abrupt change
The Democrats first history with the now familiar donkey started in 1828 during Andrew Jackson's campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (donkey) and he decided to turn it back on them and use that image to his advantage, the donkey being strong willed and stubborn. It just stuck from there. On an interesting note the Democrats have never "officially" adopted the donkey as their symbol.Cartoonist Thomas Nast invented the Republican elephant.In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a(MORE).
ReplyDeleteThe Donkey— Presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was the first Democrat ever to be associated with the donkey symbol. His opponents during the election of 1828 tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist beliefs and slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson was entertained by the notion and ended up using it to his advantage on his campaign posters.
The Elephant— Political cartoonist Thomas Nast was also responsible for the Republican Party elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled "The Republican Vote." That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.
conservative-
disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
2. cautiously moderate or purposefully low: a conservative estimate.
3. traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness: conservative suit.
4. ( often initial capital letter ) of or pertaining to the Conservative party.
5. ( initial capital letter ) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Conservative Jews or Conservative Judaism.
6. having the power or tendency to conserve; preservative.
7. Mathematics . (of a vector or vector function) having curl equal to zero; irrotational; lamellar.
liberal-
favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
Presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was the first Democrat ever to be associated with the donkey symbol. His opponents during the election of 1828 tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist beliefs and slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson was entertained by the notion and ended up using it to his advantage on his campaign poster.
ReplyDeleteBut cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with making the donkey the recognized symbol of the Democratic Party. It first appeared in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly in 1870, and was supposed to represent an anti-Civil War faction. But the public was immediately taken by it and by 1880 it had already become the unofficial symbol of the party. Interestingly enough, the person credited with getting the donkey widely accepted as the Democratic party's symbol probably had no knowledge of the prior associations. Thomas Nast, a famous political cartoonist, came to the United States with his parents in 1840 when he was six. He first used the donkey in an 1870 Harper's Weekly cartoon to represent the "Copperhead Press" kicking a dead lion, symbolizing Lincoln's Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who had recently died. Nast intended the donkey to represent an anti-war faction with whom he disagreed , but the symbol caught the public's fancy and the cartoonist continued using it to indicate some Democratic editors and newspapers.
Later, Nast used the donkey to portray what he called "Caesarism" showing the alleged Democratic uneasiness over a possible third term for Ulysses S. Grant. In conjunction with this issue, Nast helped associate the elephant with the Republican party. Although the elephant had been connected with the Republican party in cartoons that appeared in 1860 and 1872, it was Nast's cartoon in 1874 published by Harper's Weekly that made the pachyderm stick as the Republican's symbol. A cartoon titled "The Third Term Panic," showed animals representing various issues running away from a donkey wearing a lion's skin tagged "Caesarism." The elephant labeled "The Republican Vote," was about to run into a pit containing inflation, chaos, repudiation, etc..
By 1880 the donkey was well established as a mascot for the Democratic party. A cartoon about the Garfield-Hancock campaign in the New York Daily Graphic showed the Democratic candidate mounted on a donkey, leading a procession of crusaders.
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The Democrats are a donkey because in 1828 Andrew Jackson ran for president and people called him a "jackass." Andrew Jackson decided to use the strong-willed animal as his campaign posters. The elephant is a cartoon that appeared on Harper's Weekly in 1874. Today, democrats say the donkey is smart and brave, and republicans say the elephant is strong and dignified.
ReplyDeleteWhen Andrew Jackson ran for president, people called him "jackass". He took it as a compliment and made it the animal to represent the democratic party. Thomas Nat, a cartoon artist, drew a cartoon in the "Harper's Weekly" in 1874 of a donkey in lion skin scaring all the animals away including an elephant, whick was labeled "the Republican vote" (http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/donkey-elephant.html).
ReplyDeleteconservative - a person who is reluctant to change (republicans are conservative) (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conservative)
liberal - wants to have progress and wants to change (democrats are liberal) (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal)
The Democratic Party is represented by the donkey because when Andrew Jackson was running for president his opponents called him "Jackass". The republican Party is represented by the Elephant because when the drawing was being created a donkey was dressed in a lion skin and it scared all the circus animals away including the elephants.
ReplyDeleteConservative- Republicans are not resistant to change
Liberal- Are Democrats tolerant to change.
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In 1828, The year of the presidential campaign, Andrew Jackson's opponents called him a jackass so he mad that the symbol.
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ReplyDeleteThe now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous. Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats today say the donkey is smart and brave, while Republicans say the elephant is strong and dignified.
The Donkey— Presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was the first Democrat ever to be associated with the donkey symbol. His opponents during the election of 1828 tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist beliefs and slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson was entertained by the notion and ended up using it to his advantage on his campaign posters.
But cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with making the donkey the recognized symbol of the Democratic Party. It first appeared in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly in 1870, and was supposed to represent an anti-Civil War faction. But the public was immediately taken by it and by 1880 it had already become the unofficial symbol of the party
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The Democratic Party is represented by the donkey because when Andrew Jackson was running for president his opponents called him Jackass. The republican Party is represented by the Elephant because when the drawing was being created a donkey was dressed in a lion skin and it scared all the circus animals away including the elephants!!!!
ReplyDeleteConservative Republicans aren't resistant to change!
Liberal Are Democrats tolerant to change!!
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The donkey is the democratic symbol originated when Andrew Jackson ran for president. He was called a jackass, and that is another name for a donkey. After that he used the donkey symbol on all of his posters. The elephant started in 1872. A republican drew a picture of an elephant walking in to broken boards and nails. After that, people replaced the elephant with an eagle.
ReplyDeleteConservative means traditional style or manner.
Democratic
Liberal means favorable to a kind of process. Republican
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The Democratic party is represented by a donkey because The Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass, and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. The Republican party is represented by an elephant because Nast invented another symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” conservative -a person who has conservative ideas or opinions-democrats
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The reason the democrat is a donkey is because when he ran for president was because people called him a jackass. Its called the elephant because in 1872 a republican drew the picture of a elephant thats how it became the democ\rat symbol
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