US voters were asked to compare political parties to animals — and Dems were the weakest, slowest kind: report By . David Propper. Published May 25, 2025, 6:42 p.m. ET.

You may be surprised to learn that the relationship between the elephant and donkey and political parties in the U.S. goes all the way back to the mid-1800s.Read on to find out how we got here.

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Shenker-Osorio will typically ask the swing voters in some 250 focus groups to compare the two political parties to animals in hopes of getting people to divulge their true feelings.

You may be surprised to learn that the relationship between the elephant and donkey and political parties in the U.S. goes all the way back to the mid-1800s. Read on to find out how we got here.

Shenker-Osorio will typically ask the swing voters in some 250 focus groups to compare the two political parties to animals in hopes of getting people to divulge their true feelings.

The Democratic symbol, is traced to an 1837 caricature of President Andrew Jackson seated on a donkey titled, "The Modern Balaam and his Ass." "In the early days, political symbols were flexible.

The rival party, Henry Clay’s “National Republicans,” was forced to keep up, but did so less well. With Jackson’s smashing victory, a new political culture was born.