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 ...

When and why did the elephant become the symbol of the Republican Party and the donkey the symbol of the Democratic Party? Harper's Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with inventing the ...

Ever wonder why the Democratic Party uses a donkey and the GOP uses an elephant? The answer is more dramatic—and more humorous—than you might expect. These symbols were born out of political mockery, ...

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 ...

Political Pattie’s in Washington, D.C., removed the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey from its logo just after opening as critics bashed the new bar for showing the GOP mascot. Owners of the U ...

We're also following this very important news. The bobbleheads to commemorate this summer's Republican and Democratic national conventions are out. They are from the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame.

Having thoughts about the fast-approaching presidential election? These trinkets go beyond conventional convention thinking. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled a pair of ...

Political Pattie’s started to go viral before the U Street bar even had a chance to officially announce its opening. Online commenters mocked the idea of another political bar in DC. They took issue ...

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 ...