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美国民主党与共和党的总统竞选之战,被称为“驴象之争”。
原因如下:
What is the origin of the donkey and elephant as the symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties in America?
The Answer:
The Donkey— Presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was the first Democrat ever to be associated with the donkey symbol。 His opponents dur...全部
美国民主党与共和党的总统竞选之战,被称为“驴象之争”。
原因如下:
What is the origin of the donkey and elephant as the symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties in America?
The Answer:
The Donkey— Presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was the first Democrat ever to be associated with the donkey symbol。
His opponents during the election of 1828 tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist beliefs and slogan, "Let the people rule。
" Jackson was entertained by the notion and ended up using it to his advantage on his campaign posters。
But cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with making the donkey the recognized symbol of the Democratic Party。
It first appeared in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly in 1870, and was supposed to represent an anti-Civil War faction。
But the public was immediately taken by it and by 1880 it had already become the unofficial symbol of the party。
The Elephant— Political cartoonist Thomas Nast was also responsible for the Republican Party elephant。
In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo。
One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled "The Republican Vote。" That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party。
驴象之争
“驴子”是民主党的党徽,“大象”是共和党的党徽。四年一次的美国总统选举又称为“驴象之争”或“驴象赛跑”。民主党与共和党分别以驴和象作为自己的象征,源于德裔美国政治漫画家汤姆斯·纳斯特的讽刺漫画。
民主党最早和驴子扯在一起是1828年杰克逊竞选美国第七任总统。当时对手批评他是“笨驴”,讽刺他主张“让人民统治”。杰克逊当选后,驴子的绰号一直罩在作风固执的他的头上。
1870年,纳斯特画了一头驴登在《哈泼斯周刊》上,以讽刺当时北部反对内战的民主党人。
这幅漫画加深了人们头脑中“民主党即驴子”的印象。驴子虽然笨头笨脑,却被民主党人视为既聪明又勇敢的动物。1880年,民主党在总统选举中开始以驴子作为党的代表动物。
把大象与共和党连在一块则是纳斯特一手搞起的。
1874年,他在《哈泼斯周刊》上画了一幅摔倒的大象,用它代表不满共和党总统格兰特执政的共和党选民。同年,共和党在国会中期选举中大败,纳斯特又画了一幅受困的大象予以讽刺。随后其他漫画家也纷纷用大象来代表共和党。
有趣的是,被民主党讥讽为大而无当、华而不实、保守愚昧的大象,在共和党人看来,代表的却是尊严、力量和智慧。最后,共和党索性把大象作为自己的代表动物。
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