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

The animal mascots that represent the Democrats and Republicans were created over a century ago with color-coding scheme a ...

While the elephant had appeared in Civil War-era imagery as a symbol of bravery in combat, it was Nast’s 1874 cartoon “Third ...

A South Carolina GOP official said the symbol appears to have been added on top of a legitimate Trump campaign yard sign.

Election season is here, and along with all those annoying commercials for the various candidates, you have likely seen ...

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

In 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly. In 1916, Democratic President Woodrow Wilson was re-elected and Republican ...

His dense and meticulously labeled cartoons served as arguments for analysis and discussion, popularizing the elephant as a ...

The most enduring images in American political life are those drawn from the natural world—rivers and springs reflect the ever-changing course of politics, monsters suggest the carefully apportioned ...