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In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Democratic Party in Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Ohio was the rooster, as opposed to the Republican eagle. [140] The rooster was also adopted as an official symbol of the national Democratic Party. [141]
Orange is the traditional colour of the Christian democratic political ideology and most Christian democratic political parties, which are based on Catholic social teaching and/or neo-Calvinist theology. [citation needed] Christian democratic political parties came to prominence in Europe and the Americas after World War II.
Used as a symbol of the Free State Project in New Hampshire and libertarian ideas and movements in general. Raccoon – Whig Party [19] Red rose – Democratic Socialists of America; Red, white and blue cockade – Democratic-Republican Party; Star – Democratic Party (used on ballots in New York State) Statue of Liberty – Libertarian Party ...
The 21st-century association of colors in American politics is contrary to the long-standing conventions of political color in most other countries whereby red symbols (such as the red flag or red star) are associated with leftist politics [10] including such red states (original term in USA [11] [12]) with such governments, such as Red China ...
Jackson embraced the name and used the jackass as a symbol. The Democratic Party continued to use the donkey as a symbol of the common man. The Democratic Party continued to use the donkey as a ...
Democrats opposed elites and aristocrats, the Bank of the United States and the whiggish modernizing programs that would build up industry at the expense of the yeoman or independent small farmer. [13] The party was known for its populism. [14] Historian Frank Towers has specified an important ideological divide:
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or ... Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Democratic–NPL (D-NPL) ...
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) use a modified version, on which the clenched fist is replaced with two hands shaking. The hands are in white and black lines respectively, and some branches color the skins beige and brown, a reference to race and ethnicity issues and to the civil rights movement.