Kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 2007, Usher ya kaddamar da kamfen dinsa a "Canji a Kudu" a Atlanta, Georgia a harabar Georgia Tech don tallafawa Barack Obama mai fatan shugaban kasa. Obama ya nemi Usher ya zama Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa don kamfen dinsa na rajistar masu jefa kuri'a "Zabe don Canji". Yin ƙarin aiki don Obama a shekara mai zuwa Usher da Kerry Washington za su jagoranci gangami a harabar Jami'ar Jihar ta South Carolina a Orangeburg, S.C. A cikin 2008, Usher ya goyi bayan kamfen ɗin Service Nation, yana aiki a matsayin Shugaban Matasa na Service Nation. Usher ya ce "A matsayina na mai zane, galibi ana san ni da kiɗan da nake yi da wasan kwaikwayon da nake bayarwa. Na yi farin cikin samun damar kasancewa cikin abubuwan ban mamaki da yawa. Amma wannan aikin ne yake bani kwarin gwiwa, yana karfafawa matasa su zama masu aiki a cikin al'ummominsu". Usher kuma ya saki wani keɓaɓɓen waƙa "Hush" wanda ya shafi al'amuran zamantakewa da jefa kuri'a, A cikin bidiyon yana nuna jawabin motsawa na Barack Obama. Usher ya yi "Higher Ground" tare da Stevie Wonder da Shakira a
2009 rantsar da shugaban kasa a Lincoln Memorial da National Mall a Washington, DC, a ranar 18 ga Janairu, 2009. Ya ci gaba da tallafawa Obama a 2012 kuma ya goyi bayan yakin neman sake zaben 2012.