Nast's symbols of the elephant for Republicans and the donkey for Democrats, originally seen as foolish and easily influenced, have persisted despite his declining career. Both parties now embrace ...

The Republican elephant made its lumbering debut in an unflattering cartoon on November 7th 1874, in “The Third-Term Panic”. In it, a donkey (“N.Y. Herald”, a democratic newspaper ...

As anyone with even a passing interest in US politics knows, the elephant represents the Republican Party and the donkey the Democratic Party. What is less well known is how the animals came to ...

A donkey wearing a lion’s skin representing “Caesarism” frightens away an elephant labeled as the “Republican vote,” nearly falling into the trap of claims by Democratic-leaning Southern ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in ... Here's how each symbol came to be associated with the Democratic and Republican parties: Origins: The donkey first became associated with ...

The animal logos most commonly used as symbols of the US political parties, originated as 19th century symbols of ridicule. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Politics The animal logos most ...

German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly ...

Much like the donkey, the elephant conveys the qualities ... news networks adopted a standardized map: red for Republican states, blue for Democratic ones. The weeks-long media frenzy surrounding ...