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 ...

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 ...

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.

The donkey’s association with the Democratic ... red for Republican states, blue for Democratic ones. The weeks-long media frenzy surrounding the Florida recount cemented these colors in the ...