The animal logos most commonly used as symbols of the US political parties, originated as 19th century symbols of ridicule. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Politics The animal logos most ...

In it the donkey—ears back, hind legs poised to deliver a vicious blow⁠—is labelled “COPPERHEAD PAPERS”, a reference to the newspapers sympathetic to a faction of anti-war Democrats ...

Political opponents had used a donkey as a way of insulting Democrats since the days of Democratic president Andrew Jackson. But it was Nast’s revival of the Democratic donkey in his Jan. 18 ...

After Florida's Democratic Party announced Saturday night at a fundraising event that the party was changing its logo from the traditional donkey to the Florida panther, the GOP was quick to mock ...