Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An zabi Strauss a matsayin Shugaban Kwamitin Kasa na Democratic. Kodayake nasarar da ta samu a shekarar 1974, jam'iyyar ba ta da wani dan takarar shugaban kasa a shekarar 1976. Duk da yake ya kasance mai tsaka tsaki a gwagwarmayar neman takarar, Strauss ya sake gina kudaden jam'iyyar a hankali kuma ya shirya wani babban taron kasa mai tsauri a Birnin New York don kawar da tunanin tarurrukan rikice-rikice na 1968
da kuma 1972.