Democratic Party (United States) most lasting impression came from the cartoons of Thomas Nast from 1870 in "Harper's Weekly". Cartoonists followed Nast and used the donkey to represent the Democrats and the elephant to represent the Republicans. In the early 20th century, the traditional symbol of the Democratic Party in Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Ohio was the rooster, as opposed to the Republican eagle. This symbol still appears on Oklahoma, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia ballots. The rooster was adopted as the official symbol of the national Democratic Party. In New York, the Democratic ballot symbol is a five-pointed star. Although both major political
Christian Democratic Party of Russia Ministry's refusal to register the party. Christian Democratic Party of Russia The Christian Democratic Party of Russia () is a Christian Democratic political party in the Russian Federation. It was founded in May 1990. It maintains fraternal relations with Christian Democratic parties in Europe and around the world. Party leader Alexander Chuev was on the Unity ticket in the legislative elections in 1999 and the United Russia ticket in 2007 and was elected to the State Duma. In 2002 the party planned to file a complaint in a Moscow court against the law on political parties which banned the creation