<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Harding akatanga makore ake mana ari seneta wehurumende somunhu asingazivikanwi mune zvematongerwe enyika; akaagumisa somumwe wavanhu vakakurumbira zvikurusa muOhio Republican Party. Nguva dzose airatidzika kuva akadzikama uye airatidzira kuzvininipisa, mavara aimuda zvikuru kuvaRepublican biyake kunyange sezvaakavapfuura mukukwira kwake kwezvamatongerwe enyika. Vatungamiriri vezvematongerwe enyika vaimubvunza nezvezvinetso zvakaoma. Zvakanga zvakajairika panguva iyoyo kuti maseneta ehurumende muOhio ashumire nguva imwe chete, asi Harding akawana kusarudzwazve muna 1901. Mushure mokunge  <response>: pashure pokuurayiwa kwaMcKinley muna September akatsiviwa neMutevedzeri weMutungamiri Theodore Roosevelt, kuda zvematongerwe enyika kwakanga kwakarasika kwenguva pfupi muOhio. Muna November, Harding akakunda kwenguva yechipiri, achiwedzera kukunda kwake zvakapetwa kaviri kusvika kuvhoti 3.563. 