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Why is the Elephant the Official Symbol of the Republican Party in the United States?

April 26, 2017elephant official party Republican symbol united states

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Why is the Elephant the Official Symbol of the Republican Party in the United States?

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The elephant as a symbol and mascot for the Republican Party started out in 1874 as a cruel joke by political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Four years earlier, Thomas Nast had revived the equally demeaning Democrat donkey symbol, which was threatening to fade into historic oblivion, decades before, Democrat Andrew Jackson had been com