Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - abokin hamayyar Harding a zaben 1920 shi ne gwamnan Ohio kuma dan jarida James M. Cox, wanda ya lashe zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat a taron kuri'a 44
yaƙi. Harding ya yi watsi da akidar ci gaba na gwamnatin Wilson a cikin goyon bayan tsarin laissez-faire na gwamnatin McKinley. Ya gudu a kan alkawarin "komawa ga al'ada", yana kira ga ƙarshen zamanin da ya gani a matsayin yaƙi, ƙasashen duniya, da kuma aikin gwamnati. Ya ce: