Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sezvo sarudzo dzakaswedera pedyo, vamwe vagari vakakurumbira uye vezvamatongerwe enyika vemapato ose vari maviri vakakurudzira Eisenhower kumhanyira kuva purezidhendi. Muna January 1948, pashure pokunge anzwa nezvezvirongwa muNew Hampshire zvokusarudza nhume dzinomutsigira nokuda kwesarudzo yakanga iri mberi
Republican National Convention, Eisenhower akataura achishandisa mauto kuti akanga "asiri kuwanika uye aisagona kugamuchira kusarudzwa kwebasa rakakwirira rezvematongerwe enyika"; "varwi vebasa rehupenyu hwose", akanyora, "pasina chikonzero chakajeka uye chakakosha, [vanofanira] kurega kutsvaka basa rakakwirira rezvematongerwe enyika". Eisenhower haana kuramba ari mubato rezvematongerwe enyika panguva iyi. Vazhinji vaitenda kuti akanga achirasikirwa nomukana wake bedzi wokuva purezidhendi sezvo muRepublican Thomas E. Dewey aionekwa somukundi anobvira uye angangodaro akashanda nguva mbiri, zvichireva kuti Eisenhower, pazera remakore 66 muna 1956, aizova akwegura zvikuru kuti ave nemumwe mukana wokumhanya.