Donkeys come in all shapes, sizes, colours and coat texture. The most common coat colour is grey, followed by brown and then black, roan and broken coloured donkeys (a combination of brown and white or black and white markings) and the rarest colour is pure white.
In the USA the Democratic Party’s first association with the donkey came about during the 1828 campaign of Democrat Andrew Jackson. Cartoonist Thomas Nast is widely credited with perpetuating the donkey and elephant as symbols for the Democratic and Republican Parties. Nast first used the donkey in an 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly
