What do you think Harding meant when he said that the United States needed normalcy

Harding used the message about the return to normalcy, about the "return to the way of life before WWI", as the main slogan during his presidential campaign for the election in 1920. He promised the acquisition of that pre-war mentality by simply dealing with the war issues through healing, restoring and adjusting, in a non-dramatic manner, and this would enable to go back to the previous triumphant mentality.

Such discourse actually convinced the majority of the electorate, as he won the election with the 60.3% of the votes. This happened because his message managed to trigger feelings of nostalgia in many voters.