Political Animals: Republican Elephants and Democratic Donkeys ... Like Andrew Jackson, the Republican party would eventually embrace the caricature, adopting the elephant as their official symbol.

I read with interest the editorial by Gary Franks in the Sunday Times (Aug. 11). I had not realized the progressive gains accomplished under Republican leadership during past decades. However, ...

A new Marist poll has found that more Americans find the Democratic Party to be a bigger threat to democracy than the Republican Party. Here, a donkey, the animal mascot of the Democratic Party ...

Like Andrew Jackson, the Republican party would eventually embrace the caricature, ... come election season, both animals lose any zoological significance in favor of political shorthand.