Here's how each symbol came to be associated with the Democratic and Republican parties: Origins: The donkey first became associated with the Democratic Party during Andrew Jackson's presidential ...

In American politics, symbols have tremendous power to evoke deep emotions, communicate shared values and rally people around a unifying vision. Given that reality, it’s all the more perplexing ...

The Democratic Party is older, officially founded in 1844 ... Republicans adopted the elephant as their official symbol, "and although the Democrats have yet to declare their own, you wouldn ...

The speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili called the name of the American politician who called on Tbilisi to ...