It all started with an insult. During Andrew Jackson’s 1828 presidential campaign, his political opponents labeled him a “jackass.” Stubborn as he was, Jackson co-opted the insult and began putting a donkey on his election posters. Much later in 1874 the elephant was introduced in a cartoon labeled as 'Republican Vote'... from that point on political cartoonists have used the Donkey and the Elephant to depict the two major political parties in the USA. Do political parties in other countries have mascots? I've tried some google searches but haven't found anything to answer that question yet.
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