Show your Republican Pride with this Red Elephant on a blue and white disc with stars and stripes. The donkey and the elephant represent the political symbols of the two man political parties in America. The now famous Democratic donkey was first associated with the Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign posters. Cartoonist Thomas Nast, used the donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous. Nast also created the Republican Elephant in a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874. That is all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party. Democrats today say the donkey is smart and brave, while the Republicans claim the elephant to be strong and dignified.