ATLANTA — It's election season once again, and you may ask, "Why is that elephant waving an American flag with its trunk?" or, "Why is that donkey dressed like Uncle Sam?" The donkey has long ...

Sydney Bradford and Drew Benbow have seen the comments. And they’re not going to lie, some of the feedback they’ve received about their politics-themed bar on U Street, which soft-launched last Friday ...

The story behind America’s most famous political symbols is stranger than many people realize. A look at how the donkey and ...

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., -- Inside the Bucks County Republican headquarters, you can't escape the elephant in the room. From elephants made of Coca-Cola, cups emblazed with the trunk, to one holding up a ...

As Republicans and Democrats gather at their conventions, people will be sporting traditional symbols dating back almost two ...

Election year spectacles involving wacky signs and costumes are not a new phenomenon. In July of 1912, a photographer for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle captured an election themed tableau on the Coney ...

(By Randy Lane) We are in the midst of THE most intense presidential election. Within two weeks, we’ve witnessed an assassination attempt on a former president, the present one bowing out, and a new ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United States through a combination of historical events and the work of political cartoonists, particularly Thomas Nast. The Donkey as a Symbol ...