In the same 1874 cartoon mentioned above, Nast depicted an elephant labeled "The Republican Vote" being frightened by the donkey in the lion's skin. The elephant symbolized the Republican vote ...

Around the same time, cartoonist Thomas Nast started drawing a stumbling elephant to represent the Republican Party, once united by its abolitionist goal but struggling in the postwar years.

Famously, the elephant is contrasted with the donkey, which has been associated ... I have been thinking about how the Republican Party writ large has been exhibiting a troubling collective ...

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 ...

Refreshing an existing icon is a safer bet. A donkey might not seem the most fearsome animal to take on the Republican's marauding elephant, but it is familiar, and it has more character than a ...

Democratic Party A donkey might not seem the most fearsome animal to take on the Republican's marauding elephant, but it is familiar, and it has more character than a letter 'D' in a circle ...

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 ...

S.C.), and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum at the first Republican candidates' debate ... that Fox New moderator Bret Baier called the “elephant not in the room”— Donald Trump, the former ...

Looks like Musk and Trump have taken over the Republican Party’s elephant from tusk to rump. Hey, that has a ring to it. I’m a donkey guy myself. Can’t help it; I come from a “working ...

The post also teased the Republicans and Democrats with the big cat nestled between an elephant labeled with “GOP” and, furthest in the background, a donkey staring down at the sand branded “DNC.” ...

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 ...