Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wilson akasarudzwazve paDemocratic National Convention ya1916
pasina kushorwa. Munhamburiko yokuwana vavhoti vanofambira mberi, Wilson akadanidzira kuti mutemo ugovere zuva ramaawa masere nebasa remazuva matanhatu pavhiki, gadziriro dzoutano nedziviriro, kurambidzwa kwebasa revana, uye dziviriro nokuda kwavashandi vechikadzi. Aidawo mubhadharo muduku webasa rose rinoitwa nehurumende yeUnited uye nokuda kwayo. VaDemocrat vakashandisawo mashoko okuti "Akatidzivisa Hondo", uye vakanyevera kuti kukunda kweRepublican kwaizoreva hondo neGermany. Vachitarisira kubatanidzazve mapapiro anofambira mberi neanochengetedza ebato racho, Republican National Convention ya1916 yakasarudza Mutongi weDare Repamusorosoro Charles Evans Hughes kuti ave purezidhendi; somutongi akanga ava kunze chose chose kwezvematongerwe enyika muna 1912. Kunyange zvazvo vaRepublican vakarwisa mutemo wokunze waWilson nezvikonzero zvakasiana-siana, nhau dzomumba kazhinji kazhinji dzakatonga nhimbe yacho. VaRepublicans vakarwisa mitemo yaWilson yeNew Freedom, zvikurukuru kuderedzwa kwemitero, mitero mitsva yemari, uye Mutemo waAdamson, uyo wavakanyomba so"mutemo wemakirasi".