Mostly to win the election:
After a grueling World War I, while the rest of the world lay in shambles the United States had come out on top. Once a demigod amongst politicians, Woodrow Wilson, the president who had ideologically led the nation into and through the first global war, was scheduled for a humbling. His ideals were spurned and his popularity plummeted. Time was up for international ideals. In the elections of 1920, Warren G. Harding stepped up to the plate and announced that it was time for American to "return back to normalcy." This campaign appealed to those who had disliked US participation in the war and gave a sense of status-quo to war-weary veterans. As idealistic as Wilson had made the Great War to be, the American people were tired of it. This "return to normalcy" campaign paid off and Harding took office in 1921, beginning an era of massive economy growth.
To Harding, normalcy meant a return to life as it was before World War I. One thing he did was to make sure that the US was not involved in the League of Nations, which he felt might get the US caught up in European conflicts.
the policy was supported by the people of the United States.
"A return to normalcy" (i.e. a return to the way of life before) was candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign promise in the 1920 presidential election.
Warren G. Harding used the campaign slogan "Back to Normalcy" in the 1920 election and won.
A return to normalcy.
Warren G. Harding was able to win the 1920 presidential election by assuring Americans that he would return the country to "normalcy"
Such was Harding campaign pledge. He or his campaign managers called it "normalcy", which incited a debate as to whether "normalcy" was a made-up word ( it wasn't ).
promised a return to normalcy
Republican Party candidate Warren Harding won the 1920 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate James Cox. In the 1920 presidential election Warren Harding received 404 electoral votes and James Cox received 127 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Harding 16,153,115 and Cox 9,133,092.
It was Warren G. Harding who promised a 'return to normalcy' during his presidential campaign. Harding served as the 29th President of the United States.
The result of the 1920 Presidential election is that the Republican candidate Warren G. Harding defeated Democrat James M. Cox.
Warren G. Harding
Return to normalcy was a campaign promise from Warren G. Harding in the election of 1920. The goal was to return to the way life was before World War I.
In the 1920 United States presidential election, the candidates were Warren G. Harding from the Republican Party and James M. Cox from the Democratic Party. Warren G. Harding won the election with 16,152,200 popular votes and 404 electoral votes, while James M. Cox received 9,147,353 popular votes and 127 electoral votes.