It turns out these animals have been patriotic since the 19th century. The Democratic donkey's origin is linked to the 7th U.S. President Andrew Jackson.Before Jackson was elected as America's ...

It turns out these animals have been patriotic since the 19th century. The Democratic donkey's origin is linked to the 7th U.S. President Andrew Jackson.Before Jackson was elected as America's ...

When analysts said the Democrats needed a rebrand after the 2024 electoral beat-down, I'm not sure this is what they had in mind. Just after noon ET on Wednesday, the Democratic Party dropped its ...

Nast depicted the donkey in several works, which started as his dislike for the democrats. The Republican elephant also owes its rise to Thomas Nast, who used it in an 1874 cartoon published in Harper ...

The donkey was a stand-in for “Copperhead Democrats” (the Northern Democrats that opposed the Civil War); the lion represented Edwin M. Stanton, Abraham Lincoln’s recently deceased Secretary ...