Kammala wannan jumla: An sake zabar Wilson a
Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1916 ba tare da adawa ba. A ƙoƙarinsa na samun masu zaɓe masu son ci gaba, Wilson ya yi kira da a kafa dokar da ta ba da sa'o'i takwas a rana da kuma kwanaki shida a mako na aiki, da matakan kiwon lafiya da aminci, da hana yin amfani da yara wajen aiki, da kuma kāriya ga ma'aikata mata. Har ila yau, ya goyi bayan mafi ƙarancin albashi ga duk aikin da gwamnatin tarayya ta yi da kuma ta yi. 'Yan Democrat sun kuma yi yakin neman zabe a kan taken "Ya Tsare Mu daga Yaƙi", kuma ya yi gargadin cewa nasarar Jamhuriyar Republican na nufin yaƙi da Jamus. Da fatan sake hada bangarorin masu ci gaba da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya na jam'iyyar, Babban Taron Republican na 1916 ya zabi Alkalin Kotun Koli Charles Evans Hughes a matsayin shugaban kasa; a matsayin mai adalci ya kasance gaba daya daga siyasa a shekarar 1912. Kodayake 'yan Republican sun kai hari kan manufofin Wilson na kasashen waje a kan wasu dalilai, al'amuran cikin gida sun mamaye yakin neman zabe. 'Yan Republican sun yi yakin neman zabe kan manufofin Wilson na New Freedom, musamman rage haraji, da sabon harajin samun kudin shiga, da Dokar Adamson, wanda suka yi ba'a a matsayin "dokar aji".