List of ideological symbols
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This is a list of symbols and labels used by political parties and groups around the world. Some symbols are universal, being associated with a worldwide ideology or movement, and used by many different parties that support that ideology. Other symbols are specific to a certain party in a certain country.
Colours
Worldwide
- Red — Social democracy, Democratic socialism, Socialism, Communism
- Pink — Homosexuality, Women, Social democracy
- Blue — Conservatism, Jews, Men, Monarchism
- Green — Environmentalism, Islam, Capitalism, Agrarianism,
- Black — Anarchism, Fascism, Catholicism, Christian democracy, Blacks
- Orange — Christian democracy, Populism,
- White — Monarchism, Whites, anti-communism
- Purple — Centrism, Monarchism
- Brown — Nazism, Hispanics
- Gold — Capitalism, Banking Interests, Liberalism, Libertarianism
- Lavender — Homosexuality
- Yellow — Liberalism
United States
- Red — Republican Party
- Blue — Democratic Party
- Blue and buff — Modern Whig Party, colours used by the whiggamores.
- Dark blue — one of the official colors of the Justice Party (United States)
- Gold — Libertarian Party
- Green — Green Party
- Purple — politically mixed or moderate regions; Constitution Party
- White — (sometimes) third parties (other than the Greens or Moderates) and independent candidates and voters
Directions
- far-left — Communism, revolutionary socialism
- Left — Democratic Socialism, Eco-socialism, Socialism, Anarchism
- Centre-left — Social democracy, Labour movement, Green politics, American liberalism, Progressivism
- Centre — Centrism, Social liberalism, American Christian democracy, Communitarianism, Pragmatism
- Centre-right — Conservatism, European Christian democracy, Liberalism, Classical liberalism
- Right — Anarcho-capitalism, Libertarianism, Christian right, Nationalism, Right-wing populism, National conservatism
- Far-right — Nationalism, Fascism, Nazism, nativism, racialism and reactionary
Icons
Worldwide
- Red flag — Democratic Socialism, Socialism and Communism
- Red star — Socialism and Communism
- Hammer and sickle — Communism
- Red Rose — Social democracy
- Circumscribed A — Anarchism
- Fasces — Fascism
- Swastika — Nazism
- Crown — Monarchism
- Bird in flight — Liberalism
India
- lotus — Bharatiya Janata Party
- Ears of maize and sickle — Communist Party of India
- Hammer and Sickle — Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- palm — 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 Mukti 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)
- 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
United States
- Abraham Lincoln — Republican Party, used on some paper ballots in US; also used as a fundraising symbol (such as with the party's annual "Lincoln Dinner" in many states). Also used by the Modern Whig Party due to Lincoln's loyalty to the original Whig Party.
- Zachary Taylor — In some rare instances the Modern Whig Party has used the portrait of the 12th President of the United States in his military uniform to show their heritage as the old Whig Party and their connection with military veterans.
- Donkey — Democratic Party
- Dove — Anti-war activists
- Eagle — Republican Party (used on ballots in New York State); Constitution Party
- Elephant — Republican Party
- "Happy Days Are Here Again" — the unofficial song of the Democratic Party since Franklin D. Roosevelt's election in 1932
- Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson — Democratic Party — used as a fundraising symbol (such as with the party's annual "Jefferson-Jackson Dinner" in many states)
- Moose — Vermont Progressive Party Also used since 1912 for National Progressive Party
- Statue of Liberty — Libertarian Party. Also a national symbol
- Liberty Bell — Liberal Party of New York
- Rooster — Democratic Party
- Sunflower — Green Party; also, Republican presidential candidate Alfred Landon of Kansas in 1936
- Benjamin Franklin — Democratic Party, used on some paper ballots in US
- Star — Democratic Party (used on ballots in New York State)
- Tiger — formerly, the New York City Democratic Party and the Tammany Hall political machine that controlled it for more than a century and a half.
- Torch — Conservative Party of New York
- Great horned owl — Modern Whig Party
- Rattlesnake — Sometimes used on the logos for the Texas state affiliate of the Modern Whig Party.
United Kingdom
- Yellow Dove — Liberal Democrats
- Oak Tree — Conservative Party
- Red Rose — Labour Party; also appeared alongside the thistle, daffodil and clover leaf on the post-war Tory logo
- Pound — UK Independence Party
- Union Jack Heart — British National Party
- Torch — Former logo of the Conservative Party from the 1980s to the mid-2000s.
- Red Flag — Old Labour symbol
- Key — Post-war Liberal Party symbol
- Dragon — Former logo of Plaid Cymru; former logo of the Welsh Conservatives until the mid-2000s
- Lion — Used by the Democratic Unionist Party; former logo of the Scottish Conservative Party
- Welsh Poppy — Plaid Cymru
- Union Flag — Used in the logos of the Ulster Unionist Party, Conservative Party, British National Party amongst others
- Stylised P Shaped Flag — Pirate Party UK
Pakistan
- Arrow — Pakistan Peoples Party
- Sunflower — Green Party of Pakistan
- Lion — Pakistan Muslim League (N)
- Kite — Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)
Colombia
- letter C — Colombian Conservative Party
- letter L — Colombian Liberal Party
- letter U — Social National Unity Party ("Party of the U")