It seems the US Democratic Party has a new logo, or at least a new profile pic on social media. The design is instantly familiar because a donkey icon has long been associated with the party, even ...

Let’s just call it donkey-mania. That four-legged farm animal — the long accepted symbol of the Democratic Party — is everywhere in Boston: marking convention literature, decorating neckties ...

THE DEMOCRATIC DONKEY. Share full article. Nov. 30, 1907. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 30, 1907, Page 6 Buy Reprints.

Politicians and parties may flip-flop but for more than 100 years, the political iconography of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant has remained unchanged. Jimmy Stamp.

The donkey has long represented the Democratic Party, just as the elephant is known to represent Republicans. How exactly did this come to be? It turns out these animals have been patriotic since ...

A: The origin of the Democratic donkey is traced to the 1828 presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson, whose opponents called him a jackass. Instead of rejecting the label, Jackson — a War of ...

For nearly 200 years, the Democratic Party has been closely associated with a noble if underappreciated beast: the donkey. While the donkey does not appear in the party's official logo, the animal ...

The donkey was first used by Andrew Jackson in 1828, whose employee tried to label him a "jackass." Jackson turned it around and began using the donkey on his campaign posters.

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 ...

Politicians and parties may flip-flop but for more than 100 years, the political iconography of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant has remained unchanged. Jimmy Stamp.