Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - chirongwa chaRoosevelt chokunyengetedza Hoover kumhanyira kugadzwa kweDemocratic chakakundikana mushure mekunge Hoover azivisa pachena kuti aive muRepublican, asi Roosevelt zvisinei akasarudza kutsvaka kugadzwa kwemutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika muna 1920. Pashure pokunge Gavhuna James M. Cox weOhio akunda kudomwa kwebato racho somutungamiriri wenyika paDemocratic National Convention ya1920
, akasarudza Roosevelt somumiriri wake, uye bato racho rakamutsidzira Roosevelt nomutoo wokurumbidza. Kunyange zvazvo kugadzwa kwake kwakashamisa vanhu vakawanda, Roosevelt akaenzanisa tikiti somunhu ane mwero, weWilsonian, uye anorambidza ane zita rakakurumbira. Roosevelt akanga achangobva kusvitsa makore 38, ari muduku nemakore mana kuna Theodore paakagadzwawo nebato rake. Roosevelt akasiya basa soMutevedzeri woMunyori Mukuru weNavy pashure pekokorodzano yeDemocratic uye akaita mushandirapamwe munyika yose nokuda kwetikiti raCox<unk>Roosevelt.