In 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly. In 1916, Democratic President Woodrow Wilson was re-elected and Republican ...

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

For those whose sense of doomy gloom has them searching for a ray of light, look no further than the lawsuit filed by one George Kersey, arguing “that the political stance of ...