Credit: Democratic ... logo (left) and a previous donkey election emblem | Credit: Democratic Party A donkey might not seem the most fearsome animal to take on the Republican's marauding elephant ...

It seems the US Democratic Party has a new logo ... 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...