Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mutungamiri weDemocratic Woodrow Wilson pachivande akanga achitarisira kuti aizogadzwazve kwenguva yechitatu, asi vatungamiriri vebato vakanga vasingadi kudzokororazve mutungamiri weDemocratic 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
1920 Democratic National Convention pavhoti yechi44, ichikunda 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.