Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Smith wuxuu horey ugu soo bandhigay dalab qiimo jaban oo ku aaddan magacaabista xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee
1920 Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga, halkaas oo magacaabistiisa ay ka heshay hadal dhiirrigelin leh oo uu jeediyay Franklin Delano Roosevelt, oo sidoo kale u adeegay maareeyaha dabaqa Smith ee shirweynihii 1920. Roosevelt, oo u ololeynayay ololihii Smith ee gobanimo ee 1918, ayaa waxaa doortay Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee New York si uu u taageero dalabkii Smith ee 1920 ee magacaabista. Mid ka mid ah waxyaabaha ay gacan ka geysteen arrintan ayaa ahayd xiriirka saaxiibtinimo ee Roosevelt uu la lahaa hogaamiyaha Tammany Hall Charles Murphy In kasta oo Smith uu lumiyay magacaabista 1920, Roosevelt laftiisa ayaa loo magacaabay madaxweyne ku xigeenka James M. Cox.