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ELITE Three years of passion...
Three years of passion...

Why the donkey and the elephant?

Mayar Saber - Third Year-Political sciences
Outwardly, researchers of the American
Outwardly, researchers of the American
affairs may feel surprised by some of of
affairs may feel surprised by some
political details of the American politics,
political details of the American politics,
especially regarding the elections. Not
especially regarding the elections. Not
only because its enthusiasm of waiting to
only because its enthusiasm of waiting to
know the winner or those surprises that
know the winner or those surprises that
the candidates who strike blows in their
the candidates who strike blows in their
election campaigns. But also, there is is
election campaigns. But also, there
some questions regarding those
those
regarding
some
questions
traditional events and symbols on which
traditional events and symbols on which
the American elections depends.
the American elections depends.

What actually raises issues in this

regard is the electoral symbols of the
most known two parties of the

American system ' the Democratic

party and the Republican party ‘.
Things goes like there is a raised and a

continuous conflict between those two

parties around reaching to the white
house and the question is that, why

those two parties chose the donkey and

the elephant as an electoral symbol.

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