Kammala wannan jumla: Daga nan aka zabi Strauss a matsayin Shugaban kwamitin kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat. 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 tsauraran matakai a Birnin New York don kawar da tunanin tarurrukan rikice-rikice na
1968 da kuma 1972.