Palmer akatsvaka kugadzwa somutungamiri wenyika paDemocratic National Convention muna 1920
, asi akatarisana nechishoro chakasimba kubva kumapoka evashandi uye kusarudzwa kwakaenda kuna James M. Cox. Akatangazve kuita mutemo wepachivande uye akaramba achishingaira mune zvematongerwe enyika zveDemocratic kusvika parufu rwake muna 1936.