What made the donkey and the elephant political?

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🗓️ 1 December 2011

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Sure we take it for granted the elephant represents the Republican party and the donkey Democrats, but have you ever wondered why? Josh and Chuck explore the foundation of these bizarre political symbols in this old-timey episode of Stuff You Should Know.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
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0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
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0:30.4	Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.
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0:35.8	Welcome to Stuffy Should Know, GrimhouseStuffWorks.com.
0:45.8	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:47.3	I'm Josh Clark with me as always is Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:51.4	And that makes this stuff you should know.
0:53.8	The continued political edition.
0:56.0	We did presidential pardons.
0:58.0	So we're all political now.
1:00.8	This is the time of the year, you know.
1:03.2	Yeah.
1:03.8	It's beginning to look a lot like that political season.
1:07.8	I'm going today to cast my ballot for Georgia to start letting everybody buy booze on Sunday.
1:14.0	I am too.
1:14.7	I appreciate you doing that.
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