Qoraal sii socota faqradan - Qaar ka mid ah mamnuucistayaasha iyo taageerayaasha kale ee Bryan waxay isku dayeen inay ku qanciyaan musharraxa madaxweynaha seddex jeer inuu galo doorashada madaxweynaha ee 1920 iyo "Literary Digest" ra'yi ururin la sameeyay bartamihii 1920-kii ayaa Bryan ku qiimeysay inuu yahay musharraxa afaraad ee ugu caansan xisbiga Dimuqraadiga. Bryan, si kastaba ha noqotee, wuu diiday inuu raadsado xafiis dadweyne, isagoo qoraya "haddii aan ka caawin karo adduunkan inuu ka saaro khamriga ka dibna uu ka saaro dagaalka... ma jiro xafiis, Madaxweyne, oo bixin kara sharafta aniga ii noqon doonta". Wuxuu ka qeyb galay Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga 1920
waxaa uu ahaa ergeyga Nebraska, laakiin waxaa uu ka niyad jabay magacaabista Gudoomiyaha James M. Cox, oo aan taageerin ansixinta Wax ka badalka 18-aad. Bryan wuxuu diiday magacaabista madaxweynaha ee Xisbiga Mamnuucista wuxuuna diiday inuu u ololeeyo Cox, taasoo ka dhigaysa ololihii 1920 tartankii ugu horreeyay ee madaxweynenimo in ka badan soddon sano oo uusan si firfircoon u ololeyn.