Republican Party of Florida "…comes off less like a joke and more like an intentional smear." The mascot symbol, historically, is the elephant. A political cartoon by Thomas Nast, published in "Harper's Weekly" on November 7, 1874, is considered the first important use of the symbol. In the early 20th century, the usual symbol of the Republican Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the eagle, as opposed to the Democratic rooster. This symbol still appears on Indiana ballots. After the 2000 election, the color red became associated with the GOP although it has not been officially adopted by the party.
Republican Party of Crimea administration, in February 1992 the movement initiated gathering of signatures for a referendum for Crimea in the new Soviet Union. Republican Party of Crimea Republican Party of Crimea (, "Respublikanska partiya Krymu"; , "Respublikanskaya partiya Kryma") was a regional separatist political party of Ukraine, that was created in 1992 based on the Republican Movement of Crimea and fought for the incorporation of Crimea into the Russian Federation. Since 1991 in Crimea existed the Republican Movement of Crimea (RDK) which goal was to revive the republican status of the region and its sovereignty. The movement was financed by the local company