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In the United States, the donkey has become symbol of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]]. In 1828 the presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was defamed as a donkey by his opponents; he in turn was elected the seventh US president, having made the donkey the symbol of his campaign. In 1871 cartoonist [[Thomas Nast]] created political drawings which helped to take down the corruption of New York City boss, [[William Marcy Tweed]].  His "Tammany Tiger", named for [[Tammany Hall|the hall from which the Democrat Party controlled the city's finances]], had an immediate effect; this in turn led Nast to resurrect the donkey and make it the symbol as a whole for the Democrats - associating it with stubborn stupidity literally overnight<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/political-animals-republican-elephants-and-democratic-donkeys-89241754/</ref> - and in contrast to the bull [[elephant]] he created for the [[Republican Party]].

In the United States, the donkey has become symbol of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]]. In 1828 the presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was defamed as a donkey by his opponents; he in turn was elected the seventh US president, having made the donkey the symbol of his campaign. In 1871 cartoonist [[Thomas Nast]] created political drawings which helped to take down the corruption of New York City boss, [[William Marcy Tweed]].  His "Tammany Tiger", named for [[Tammany Hall|the hall from which the Democrat Party controlled the city's finances]], had an immediate effect; this in turn led Nast to resurrect the donkey and make it the symbol as a whole for the Democrats - associating it with stubborn stupidity literally overnight<ref>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/political-animals-republican-elephants-and-democratic-donkeys-89241754/</ref> - and in contrast to the bull [[elephant]] he created for the [[Republican Party]].

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