Election season is here, and along with all those annoying commercials for the various candidates, you have likely seen certain symbols associated with each major political party in the United ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United States through a combination of political satire ... Nast used the donkey in a series of cartoons to represent the Democratic Party.

Election season is here, and along with all those annoying commercials for the various candidates, you have likely seen certain symbols associated with each major political party in the United ...

It’s easy to recognize these political symbols. | id-work/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images (donkey and elephant); Justin Dodd/Mental Floss (question mark) It all started with an insult. During ...

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.

Nast drew Santa cartoons for Harper’s Weekly each holiday season — a total of 33 in all. He based the look of his Santa on poet Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and on ...

Nothing engages political cartoonists quite like a fresh campaign showdown. With the emergence of Vice President Harris this week as Donald Trump’s potential opponent in the race for the White ...

State symbols, particularly flags, serve as powerful tools for fostering unity and civic engagement, with 58% of Americans considering their state identity significant to their sense of self.

A newly opened politically-themed bar in. Washington, D.C., faced community backlash for featuring a GOP symbol, along with a Democratic symbol, as part of its logo.

Paul Noth, who contributes regularly to The New Yorker, is sharpening his pencil for next week's Democratic National Convention in Chicago.