Kammala wannan magana: Eisenhower, wanda ya fara zama sananne ga jagorancinsa na soja a yakin duniya na biyu, ya kasance sananne sosai. Ciwon zuciya a shekarar 1955 ya haifar da hasashe cewa ba zai nemi wa'adi na biyu ba, amma lafiyarsa ta dawo kuma bai fuskanci adawa ba a Babban Taron Republican na 1956. Stevenson ya kasance sananne tare da ainihin 'yan Democrat masu sassaucin ra'ayi, amma ba shi da ofishin kuma ba shi da tushe na ainihi. Ya kayar da Gwamnan New York W. Averell Harriman da wasu 'yan takara da dama a kuri'ar farko ta shugabancin Amurka.
Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1956. Stevenson ya yi kira da a kara yawan kudaden da gwamnati ke kashewa a kan shirye-shiryen zamantakewa da kuma rage kudaden da ake kashewa a kan sojoji.