Welcome!

Join more than 151,000 members on FunAdvice to ask questions, share advice, photos and make new friends today.

FunAdvice RSS for this page:

Democrat nickname

Asked by dyehardredhead about 1 year ago, 3 answers.

What is the democratic partys nickname?

Answered by religionisgood on Oct 24, 2008, 10:04AM
480 answers

The long running nickname of the Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. To my knowledge the Democratic Party doesn't have a historic nickname like that. But what is interesting is that the Democratic Party was itself a nickname given to the party by its Federalist opponents. The word democracy has long been understood in the West to mean mob rule which is how Plato defined the concept in the Republic. Thomas Jefferson and other political opponents of the Federalists were called Democratic in the hopes of equating them with favoring anarchy and mob rule in the public eye.

1 person thought this was helpful

Answered by funadvice on Oct 24, 2008, 09:53AM
53985 answers

I've heard that the democrats were called donkeys, and the republicans were called elephants. don't ask why, but I've always heard that in school. I've seen it in cartoons, too.

Answered by toadaly on Oct 24, 2008, 02:13PM
4232 answers

The Democratic party's self serving self appointed nickname is America's Party.

Answer this Question: "Democrat nickname"

Our members said the answers on this page also answer the following questions:

Democrat nickname, Democratic party nickname, Nicknames for democrats, Democrat nicknames, Nickname for democrats, Democrats nickname, Nickname for democratic party, Democratic nicknames, Democratic nickname, Democrats nicknames, Nicknames for the democratic party, Democratic party nicknames, Nickname for the democratic party, What is the nickname for the democratic party, Nickname democratic party, Nicknames for democratic party