ARE SYMBOLS for the MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WORLD..."political animals".
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2006-11-11 01:34:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It's not clear where the donkey came from, but it's believed that in the 1828 campaign, Andrew Jackson's opponent started calling him "Andrew Jackass". Rather than rebelling, Jackson latched onto the name.
The image resurfaced in the 1830s and again in a political cartoon by Thomas Nast, which depicted "a live donkey kicking a dead lion." A few years after that, Nast depicted the Republicans as an elephant stomping on the flimsy planks of the Democrats.
Nast's images tended to stick in the public's minds (he's the guy who also created our modern-day conception of Santa Claus), so the symbols stuck after that.
2006-11-11 01:51:09 · answer #1 · answered by Claude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
animals are a good symbolism of what peoples personality or emotional state ( for example stubborn as a mule)
2006-11-11 09:40:09 · answer #2 · answered by whay i lost my ?s 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Donkeys are unmovable sometimes and elephants represent power.
2006-11-11 10:05:44 · answer #3 · answered by spir_i_tual 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋