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Donkey represents the Democratic Party (the more progressive or liberal party), while the Elephant denotes the Republican Party (also known as the G.O.P, or "Grand Old Party", which is the more conservative of the two).

I believe the animals were first used by 19th century political satirists and are generally attributed to Thomas Nast.

I moved this to here from the Main forum, as this is pretty much the temporary "off-topic" section and I'm not sure whether hood has access to the official OT section.

watching the american elections im puzzled by the two parties emblems???? the elephant and donkey what do they repsent????