Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Waddell ya kasance mai aiki a Jam'iyyar Democrat bayan da aka ci shi, ya zama mai magana da yawun siyasa da yaƙin neman zaɓe. Ya kasance wakili ne a taron kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat a
1880, inda ya goyi bayan Janar Winfield Scott Hancock don shugaban kasa kuma ya kasance memba na kwamitin dandalin. A shekara ta 1888, ya kasance mai za ~ e mai girma kuma ya yi wa Grover Cleveland yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa. A shekara ta 1896, ya kasance, a sake, wakili a 1896 Democratic National Convention. Kuma lokacin da aka fara yakin neman zabe na fararen fata a jihar, a 1898, Waddell ya kasance a gaba, a Wilmington.