Unlike the Democrats, the Republican Party has embraced its party mascot. The elephant appeared in July at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. It appears on the party's website. It ...

THE elephant and the donkey represent the US party systems since 1828 and 1854. The popularity of the animals rose due to political cartoons at the time to represent the two-party system. ⚠️ … ...

In U.S. politics, the Democratic Party has been represented by a donkey and the Republican Party by an elephant for decades. But many people don't know how long they've symbolized the two big ...

On Nov. 7, 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly.

Q: How did the Democratic and Republican parties come to be symbolized by a donkey and an elephant? A: The origin of the Democratic donkey is traced to the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew ...

On Nov. 7, 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly. On Nov. 7, 1874, ...