Cika wannan jumla: A cikin 2008 Democratic Party primary, Tankian asali goyon bayan Dennis Kucinich, amma daga baya ya bayyana cewa
Barack Obama "yana gabatar da mafi kyawun yanayin da zai yiwu don kyakkyawan makoma, amma ni kaina ban amince da kowane ofishin siyasa ba". A zaben fidda gwani na Jam'iyyar Democrat na 2016, ya goyi bayan Bernie Sanders kuma ya rubuta a shafinsa na Facebook, "Idan ya zo ga tsayayya da masu mulkin mallaka, jagorantar gwagwarmayar kare hakkin jama'a, daidaiton samun kudin shiga, da ƙari da yawa, babu wani ɗan siyasa da ya kasance mai daidaito da rashin cin hanci kamar Bernie Sanders. " Ya ci gaba da yabon Sanders, "Ya faɗi abin da ya yi kuma ya yi abin da ya ce a Majalisar Dattawa. Dukan gudummawar da yake bayarwa daga mutane ne; sauran kuma daga manyan masu ba da gudummawa ne da kuma kamfanoni. Ba a bukatar mutum ya zama gwani don ya ga wanda yake aiki ga wanene a nan".