Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Eisenhower, uyo akanga atanga kuva nomukurumbira nokuda kwoutungamiriri hwake hwechiuto muHondo Yenyika II, akaramba achidiwa zvikuru. Kurwara nomwoyo muna 1955 kwakamutsa fungidziro dzokuti aisazotsvaka nguva yechipiri, asi utano hwake hwakadzorerwa uye haana kutarisana nokushorwa pa1956 Republican National Convention. Stevenson akaramba achizivikanwa pakati pevaDemocrat vane rusununguko, asi haana kuva nehofisi uye akanga asina hwaro chaihwo. Akakunda Gavhuna weNew York W. Averell Harriman nevamwe vakwikwidzi vakati wandei pavhoti yekutanga yemutungamiri wenyika ye1956 Democratic National Convention
. Stevenson akadaidzira kuti mari inoshandiswa nehurumende pazvirongwa zvomunzanga iwedzere zvikuru uye kuti mari inoshandiswa muchiuto iderere.