 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Eisenhower akakunda musarudzo muNew York nzvimbo yake yokumusha musarudzo nemusiyano unosarudza wemapoinzi gumi nemaviri. Kubuda kwevanhu musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza1952 kunooneka panguva iyoyo, nzvimbo yakasimba yeDemocratic muDeep South, yaive nzvimbo chete yekuvhotera Stevenson. Eisenhower ndiye aiva mukwikwidzi wokutanga kuva mutungamiri wenyika muUnited States uye zvikuru, munyika yose uyo akananga chikamu chikuru chemushandirapamwe wake kuvhoti dzevakadzi. Kuzivikanwa kunoderera kwehutongi hwaTruman mukati memwedzi yakatevera kurwisana muKorea, uye pamwe chete nehurongwa hwokufambira mberi uye hurongwa hwekutsvaga hwakagadzwa neRepublican Party, yakabatsira pakusimuka kwakasimba kwaEisenhower munyika yose. 