On This Day: Republican elephant symbol used for first time

On Nov. 7, 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's ...

This Day in History: Political cartoon depicts the elephant as Republican Party symbol

The Third-Term Panic by Thomas Nast was the first political cartoon depicting the elephant as the Republican Party symbol.
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To make men free a history of the Republican Party Heather Cox Richardson

The west as a land of promise -- Government of the people, by the people, for the people -- Republicans or radicals? -- Abandoning equality -- Republicans and big business -- Republicans become ...

Trump's Republican Party insists there's no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses

Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP ...

Steve Kornacki: Republicans took a political hit in the shutdown. How long will it last?

Since government funding lapsed, the GOP has fallen in the polls and lost at the ballot box. But shutdown history shows the ...

Which party do Americans think won government shutdown negotiations? Republicans, new poll says

The results come in stark contrast to polls taken amid the shutdown that showed Republicans shouldering the brunt of voter ...
Forbes

Trump Claims He’s The Highest Polling Republican President In History—Here’s Where He Actually Stands

President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday he is the “Highest polling Republican President in HISTORY,” repeating a questionable claim he also made during first term as his approval rating was below 50% ...
New Republic

What If the Political Pendulum Doesn’t Swing Back?

The pendulum will swing back. It is a phrase invoked repeatedly, with variation, since Donald Trump’s reelection last November. Cable news anchor Chris Cuomo, Senator Angus King, and pollster Nate ...