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The symbol of the democrats, the donkey.
The Democratic Party is one of the two most successful political parties in the US. The party was founded in 1928 by those who supported Andrew Jackson, making it the oldest active political party in the world. The Democratic Party has won the presidency 15 times with the first president being Andrew Jackson and the most recent being Barack Obama. As of 2019, the majority of members of the House of Representatives are Democrats. The party is headquartered in Washington DCs 430 South Capitol Street SE and has a membership of over 44 million people.
In 1824, the Democratic-Republican Party split into the Jacksonian movement and the National Republican Party. The Jacksonian movement would eventually become the Democratic Party in 1828. Democracy was a popular term that was used by those who supported the movement. However, the name Democratic Party became the partys official name in 1844. Party members are often referred to as Democrats.
Like most political parties around the world, the Democratic Party has both party symbol and color. However, both the color and the symbol are unofficial and were neither officially selected by the party official nor party members. The partys symbol is a donkey or a jackass. Depending on which side of the political divide one is, the symbol can be interpreted either positively or negatively. To the opponents of the Democratic Party, the mascot is interpreted as lacking intelligence, strength, and often loud and stubborn yet for the Democrats, the donkey is smart, brave, and humble. Blue is considered the color of the Democratic Party while red is the color of the Republican Party. The two colors were popularized by major media houses that used them as color schemes on the electoral map.
The origin and use of a donkey as a party symbol is both interesting and controversial. Initially, the symbol was meant to mock and attack Andrew Jackson by his opponents. They insultingly referred to him as a jackass. Instead of becoming irritated and irked by the insults, Andrew liked the comparison and decided to use it for his political gain. He used the symbol of a donkey or jackass as his campaign symbol. His opponents continued using the donkey to represent his stubbornness even while in office, a fact that Jackson agreed with in part.
Although the donkey was used as a symbol as early as 1828, Thomas Nast is often credited with making it the symbol of the Democrats. Nast, a political cartoonist, first published a cartoon depicting a live jackass kicking a dead lion in Harpers Weekly in 1870. In 1874, He published another cartoon titled Third Term Panic in which he depicted a donkey in lions skin chasing other animals including an elephant which he referred to as Republican vote. Nast used the elephant to represent the Republican and a donkey to represent the Democrats. While the Donkey is synonymous with the Democratic Party, the Democrats have never made it their official party symbol but use it on a lot of their material.
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The Democratic National Committee, or DNC, was created during the Democratic National Convention of 1848, and is governed by its Charter and Bylaws. For 171 years, its been responsible for governing the Democratic Party and is the oldest continuing party committee in the United States.
Under the leadership of Chair Jaime Harrison, the DNC is composed of the chairs and vice-chairs of each state Democratic Party Committee and over 200 members elected by Democrats in all 57 states and the territories.
The Democratic Association of Secretaries of State is the only organization dedicated to electing Democratic candidates to the office of secretary of state. The mission of DASS is to assist Democratic secretary of state candidates through political support that includes campaign contributions, fundraising, and independent expenditure campaigns where appropriate, along with policy training and coordination for candidates and sitting secretaries of state.
The Democratic Attorneys General Association is the only party committee solely dedicated to electing and supporting Democratic state attorneys general. Democrats currently hold 25 state attorneys general seats and represent the majority of Americans. This is the most diverse coalition of Democratic attorneys general in history.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, serves as the official national Democratic campaign committee charged with recruiting, assisting, funding, and electing Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives. They provide services that include designing and helping execute field operations, polling, creating radio and television commercials, fundraising, communications, and management consulting.
The Democratic Governors Association is an independent voluntary political organization that supports Democratic governors and candidates nationwide. As the only party organization dedicated solely to electing Democratic governors, the DGA participates at all levels of campaigns, from providing resources to fund operations to helping articulate and deliver their messages.
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, or DLCC, works to win state legislative seats and chambers for Democrats. The DLCCs mission is to build and maintain winning, state-of-the-art campaign committees through a continuing partnership with legislative leaders, professional staff, and supporters.
The Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association (DLGA) is the only organization solely focused on electing Democratic lieutenant governors and candidates each year.
The Democratic Mayors Association is comprised of mayors in cities of 30,000 or more a diverse coalition of innovative leaders who get things done. As a 527 organization, DMA mobilizes mayors on behalf of progressive issues and unite them with a common voice to take on the most critical challenges communities face. DMA convenes local leaders with private sector and labor partners to develop creative solutions.
Democratic Municipal Officials (DMO) is a national association of elected mayors, city council members, and other municipal leaders. DMO has over 6000 active members and has state chapters forming in over 30 states. As a constituency organization of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Municipal Officials is the Democratic voice in local politics and the local voice in Democratic politics.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, or DSCC, serves as the official national Democratic campaign dedicated solely to electing Democrats to the United States Senate. From grassroots organizing, to candidate recruitment, to providing campaign funds for tight races, the DSCC works hard all year, every year to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate.
The Democratic Treasurers Association is dedicated to electing and supporting Democratic state treasurers. The elected Democratic state treasurers oversee more than a trillion dollars of investments held in state operating funds and pension funds. Individually and as a group they are powerful advocates with a unique ability to exert influence that defies the constraints of the electoral map.
The National Democratic County Officials (NDCO) is the official campaign arm of the Democratic Party dedicated to electing Democrats at the county level. NDCO represents and supports a broad diversity of elected officials from all corners of this nation: rural, urban and suburban. NDCO provides training and campaign support to elect first-time office holders and reelect incumbent Democrats. With the help of NDCO, Democrats are able to run successful campaigns for county office in states all over the country.
The ASDCs mission is to help build robust state parties in order to elect Democrats from local office to the Oval Office. To accomplish this goal, the ASDC focuses exclusively on the current and future needs of state Democratic parties. It acts as a service organization responsible for supporting and educating its members and state party executive directors and staff.
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