While party platforms change and politicians adapt their ... familiar political symbols that have lasted longer than either of the political parties they represent. The 1870 Harpers cartoon ...

Yet most Americans would be surprised to learn that both political symbols ... for their victims. At Harper’s, he moved back and forth between these two poles. In one famous cartoon, “Worse ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols ... their opponents. Origins: The elephant became associated with the Republican Party also thanks to Thomas Nast. In the same 1874 cartoon ...