Kammala wannan magana: Shugaba Woodrow Wilson na jam'iyyar Democrat ya yi fatan samun wa'adi na uku, amma shugabannin jam'iyyar ba su da niyyar sake zabar shugaban da ke fama da rashin lafiya da rashin farin jini. Tsohon Shugaba Theodore Roosevelt ya kasance babban dan takarar dan takarar Jam'iyyar Republican, amma ya mutu a 1919 ba tare da barin magaji ga gadonsa na ci gaba ba. Tare da Wilson da Roosevelt daga cikin gudu, manyan jam'iyyun sun juya zuwa ga 'yan takarar da ba a san su ba daga jihar Ohio, jihar da ke da kuri'a mai yawa na kuri'un zabe. Cox ya lashe gasar
1920 Taron Kasa na Jam'iyyar Democrat a kuri'a na 44, ya kayar da William Gibbs McAdoo (ɗan surukin Wilson), A. Mitchell Palmer, da wasu 'yan takara da yawa. Harding ya fito ne a matsayin dan takarar sulhu tsakanin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da masu ci gaba na jam'iyyar, kuma ya tabbatar da nadin sa a kuri'a ta goma na Babban Taron Republican na 1920.