In recent years, some have proposed other animals to help illustrate or describe what they see in the current presidential ...

As anyone with even a passing interest in US politics knows, the elephant represents the Republican Party and the donkey the Democratic Party. What is less well known is how the animals came to ...

symbolizing the Democrats attempting to intimidate their opponents. Origins: The elephant became associated with the Republican Party also thanks to Thomas Nast. In the same 1874 cartoon mentioned ...

This guy is an elephant in a china shop. These negotiations between the House Democrats and the House Republicans are very fragile. There’s a one-vote majority for the Republicans. The voters ...