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On January 15, 1870 a political cartoon by Thomas Nast appeared in Harper's Weekly titled "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion". This cartoon characterized the Democratic Party as a donkey for the first time. Since then, the donkey has become a symbol of the party, though unlike the Republican elephant, the donkey has never been officially adopted as the party's logo.
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There was no symbol prior to the donkey.
The Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant were created by the cartoonist Thomas Nast.
Elephant = Republican Political Party Donkey = Democratic Political Party
Republicans are represented by an elephant whereas the Democrats are symbolised by a donkey .