List of political party symbols
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[edit] Colours
- For more in depth information on this, see Political colour
- Red - Social Democracy, Socialism, Communism.
- Pink - Socialism, Homosexuality, Women
- Blue - Conservatism, Jews, Men
- Green - Environmentalism, Islam, Capitalism, Agrarianism, Irish Nationalism
- Black - Anarchism, Fascism, Catholicism, Monarchism, Blacks
- Orange - Christian Democracy, Ulster loyalism, Netherlands, Hindu Nationalism
- White - Monarchism, Whites, Christian Democracy (Italy)
- Purple - Monarchism
- Brown - Nazism, Hispanics
- Yellow - Capitalism, Banking Interests, Asians, Classical Liberalism, Libertarianism
- Lavender - Homosexuality
[edit] Colors (United States)
- Red - conservatives and the U.S. Republican party
- Blue - liberals and the U.S. Democratic Party
- Yellow - libertarians and the U.S. Libertarian Party
- Green - Environmentalism, and often Liberalism, and the U.S. Green Party
- Purple - politically mixed or moderate areas of the country, and the U.S. Moderate Party
- White - (sometimes) third parties (other than the Greens or Moderates) and independent candidates and voters
[edit] Directions
- Left (cultural and economic) — American Liberalism, Anarchism, Communism, Democratic Socialism, Fascism, Social Democracy, Social Liberalism
- Cultural Left — Liberalism, Libertarianism, Revolution
- Economic Left — Labour, sometimes Christian Democracy, sometimes Nationalism
- Right (cultural and economic) — Classical Liberalism, Conservatism, Monarchism, Nationalism
- Cultural Right — Christian Democracy
- Economic Right — Capitalism (or Laissez-faire), Liberalism, Libertarianism
[edit] Icons (worldwide)
- swastika - Nazism
- hammer and sickle - Communism
- Fasces - Fascism
- Circumscribed A - Anarchism
- Red star - Socialism and communism
- crown - Monarchism
- Red rose - the Democratic Socialist and Social Democratic member parties of The Socialist International
[edit] Icons (India)
- lotus - Bharatiya Janata Party
- ears of maize and sickle - Communist Party of India
- hand - Indian National Congress
- clock - Nationalist Congress Party
- elephant - Bahujan Samaj Party (with the exception of the states of Assam and Sikkim where certain state parties use the elephant)
- bicycle - Telugu Desam Party (Andhra Pradesh)
- elephant - Asom Gana Parishad (Assam)
- arrow - Janata Dal (United) (Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Nagaland)
- hurricane lamp - Rashtriya Janata Dal (Bihar, Jharkhand)
- spectacles - Indian National Lok Dal (Haryana)
- telephone - Himachal Vikas Congress (Himachal Pradesh)
- plough - Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (Jammu and Kashmir)
- ink pot and pen - People's Democratic Party (Jammu and Kashmir)
- bow and arrow - Jharkhand Mukthi Morcha (Jharkhand)
- lady farmer carrying paddy on her head - Janata Dal (Secular) (Karnataka)
- two leaves - Kerala Congress (Mani faction) (Kerala)
- ladder - Muslim League (Kerala)
- bow and arrow - Shiv Sena (Maharashtra)
- conch - Biju Janata Dal (Orissa)
- scales - Akali Dal (Punjab)
- umbrella - Sikkim National Front (Sikkim)
- two leaves - All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
- rising sun - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil Nadu)
- hand pump - Rashtriya Lok Dal (Uttar Pradesh)
- bicycle - Samajwadi Party (Uttar Pradesh)
- lion - All India Forward Bloc (West Bengal)
- flowers and grass - Nationalist Trinamool Congress
[edit] Icons (United States)
- Abraham Lincoln - Republican Party, used on some paper ballots in US
- American Patriot Party Lexington Embattled Farmer / American Patriot
- donkey - Democratic Party
- eagle - Constitution Party
- elephant - Republican Party
- Moose- Progressive Party of Washington and Vermont Progressive Party Also used since 1912 for National Progressive Party
- owl - Moderate Party
- Statue of Liberty - Libertarian Party
- sunflower - Green Party
- Thomas Jefferson - Democratic Party, used on some paper
ballots in US
