Why is the Demoratic Symbol a donkey and the Republican Symbol an elephant? What is the history of the political party ...

For the candidates on the debate stage, and the one currently in the lead to get the Republican nomination, the biggest elephant in the room is who has the guts and leadership to do the unpopular ...

ATLANTA — It's election season once again, and you may ask, "Why is that elephant waving an American flag with its trunk?" or, "Why is that donkey dressed like Uncle Sam?" The donkey has long ...

Renowned American political cartoonist Thomas Nast (1840-1902) is credited with popularizing the depiction of the Democratic and Republican parties as a donkey and an elephant, respectively ...

Among those animals are an elephant (labeled “Republican Vote” and awkwardly fleeing toward a pit labeled “Inflation” and "Chaos”) and a fox (labeled “Democrats” and backing away ...

In a race dominated by Donald Trump, eight other presidential contenders battled it out at the first Republican primary ... Bret Baier called Trump "the elephant not in the room." ...

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 ...

Nov. 7 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition sighted the Pacific Ocean for the first time. They would arrive two weeks later. Scientists who later studied ...