Over time, the donkey became more broadly associated with the Democratic Party. The elephant became linked to the Republican Party largely due to the work of political cartoonist Thomas Nast ...

His dense and meticulously labeled cartoons served as arguments for analysis and discussion, popularizing the elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party. Despite facing financial troubles later ...

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 ...

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 ...

Getty Images A delegate in North Carolina wears a mask with the Republican Party's elephant logo A primary election in New York City this June took weeks to determine a winner after poll officials ...

To hear a lot of folks talk about it, the short, unhappy life of a bar called Political Pattie’s stands as an indictment of Washington, proof that it’s full of intolerant blue snowflakes who can’t ...