 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mutungamiriri wenyika akanga aripo Harry S. Truman haana kubudirira zvikuru musarudzo uye akasarudza kusamhanya muna 1952. Pakanga pasina mutsigiri akajeka wokusarudzwa kweDemocratic kuti ave mutungamiri wenyika. Nhume kuDemocratic National Convention ya1952muChicago, akasarudza gavhuna weIllinois Adlai E. Stevenson kuti ave purezidhendi pakuvhota kwechitatu. Seneta John Sparkman weAlabama akasarudzwa somumiriri wake. Kokorodzano yacho yakaguma nechivimbo chakapararira chokuti bato racho rakanga rasarudza mukwikwidzi ane simba wepurezidhendi uyo aizoita nhimbe yemakwikwi. Stevenson akaisa ngwariro pakupa nhevedzano yehurukuro dzinofungisisa munyika yose. Kunyange zvazvo manyorerwo ake akafadza vanhu vakangwara uye nyanzvi, dzimwe nyanzvi dzezvematongerwe enyika dzakanetseka kana akanga achitaura zvisina musoro kuvateereri vake vakawanda, uye vakamudana kuti munhu ane pfungwa dzakapinza, zvichibva pakuva kwake mhanza uye mufambiro wake wokungwara. Zvisinei, chinetso chake chikuru chakanga chiri kusafarirwa kwaTruman. Kunyange zvazvo Stevenson akanga asina kuva rutivi rwehurumende yaTruman, vavhoti vakanyanya kufuratira chinyorwa chake ndokumuremedza naTruman. Wezvenhau Herbert Parmet anoti Stevenson: 