Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Janairun 2008, yayin wata hira da "The Wall Street Journal", Carter ya yaba wa Sanata Barack Obama da yakin neman zaben shugabancinsa
, yana cewa dangin Carter da shi kansa sun sami tasiri mai kyau ta hanyar takararsa kuma ya yi hasashen Obama "zai kasance kusan ta atomatik wani abu mai warkarwa a cikin ƙiyayya da ke wanzu yanzu, wanda ya shafi ƙasarmu da gwamnatinta". A watan Afrilu, yayin da yake a Abuja, Carter ya lura da goyon baya tsakanin Obama daga wadanda ke kusa da shi: "Kada ku manta cewa Obama ya lashe jihar Georgia. Garin na, wanda ke da mazauna 625, yana goyon bayan Obama, 'ya'yana da matansu suna goyon bayan Obama. 'Ya'yan jikokin na ma suna goyon bayan Obama". A ranar 25 ga Mayu, Carter ya kimanta cewa Sanata Hillary Clinton za ta "ba da shi" bayan da manyan wakilai suka kada kuri'a bayan kammala zaben na farko na 3 ga Yuni.