Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Mutungamiri weDemocratic aripo Woodrow Wilson pachivande akatarisira kutonga kwenguva yechitatu, asi vatungamiriri vebato vakanga vasingadi kudzokorora kutonga kwaiye akanga achirwara uye akanga asingadiwi. Aichimbova Mutungamiriri weNyika Theodore Roosevelt akanga ari iye aikwikwidza mukurumbira wokusarudzwa kweRepublican, asi akafa muna 1919 asina kusiya mugari wenhaka anooneka wenhaka yake inofambira mberi. Navaviri Wilson naRoosevelt vasiri mumakwikwi, mapato makuru akatendeukira kuvamiriri vemabhiza erima vasingazivikanwi zvikuru vakabva mudunhu reOhio, nyika inochinja-chinja ine chiverengero chikuru chamavhoti avanosarudza. Cox akakunda Democratic National Convention ya1920
pavhoti yechi44, achikunda William Gibbs McAdoo (mukuwasha waWilson), A. Mitchell Palmer, nevamwe vakwikwidzi vanoverengeka. Harding akabuda somumiriri wekugadzirisa pakati pemapapiro echengetedzo uye anofambira mberi ebato, uye akasimbisa kusarudzwa kwake pavhoti yegumi ye1920 Republican National Convention.