In 1828, during his presidential campaign, Democratic leader Andrew Jackson's opponents referred to him as a 'jackass,' which ...

The Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant are two of the most recognizable symbols in American politics, representing ...

Perpetuated by political cartoonist Thomas Nast, the donkey became a symbol for the Democratic Party. Soon, Nast invited ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United States through a combination of historical events and the work ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United States through a combination of political satire and popular ...

The elephant and donkey were meant to be satirical depictions, popularised by an American political cartoonist.

Losing to George W. Bush was a lot like losing to Donald Trump a second time, with predictions that the Republicans were the ...

As mentioned in the above quote, while the first Thomas Nast Republican elephant cartoon appeared in the Harper’s Weekly ...

The Democratic Party now finds itself grappling with how it lost so definitively, and how it so thoroughly misunderstood the ...

As the votes are tallied on election night and maps show which presidential candidate has a lead in each state, viewers likely won't need an explanation on why some states and red and others blue.

The iconic whale sculpture was hit with vandalism overnight with an apparent anti-voting message. The sculpture, in the ...

or, "Why is that donkey dressed like Uncle Sam?" The donkey has long represented the Democratic Party, just as the elephant is known to represent Republicans. How exactly did this come to be?