Both were originally invented by Thomas Nast, the 19th century's most persuasive political cartoonist. Nobody seems to know why the Democrats have the donkey and the Republicans have the elephant.
An elephant is the symbol of the republican party. The donkey is the symbol of the democratic party.
Elephant = Republican Political Party Donkey = Democratic Political Party
Democrats = Donkey Republicans = Elephant
The Donkey is for Democrats, and the Elephant is for Republicans
The Donkey is the Democratic mascot and the Elephant is the Republican mascot.
Republicans - Elephant. Democrat - Donkey
The elephant is a symbol of the Republican Party; the donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party.
The elephant and donkey are symbols of the Republican and Democratic political parties, respectively. The Democratic donkey was first used as a negative comparison against the party, but Democrats used the animal as a strong-willed creature. The Republican elephant is the product of a political cartoon from the 1800s.
The Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant were created by the cartoonist Thomas Nast.
The elephant is a symbol of the Republican Party; the donkey is the symbol of the Democratic Party.
In the US? Democrat and Republican. There used to be a Wig party.
For political debates the Elephant represents the Republican party and the donkey represents the Democratic party.