Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yayin da yake horarwa, wasu a cikin Jam'iyyar Democrat sun tattara shi don yin takarar Majalisar Dattijan Amurka a kan Jesse Helms. Ya ƙi. Amma a lokacin da ya yi ritaya, ya ci gaba da yin magana a kan batutuwa irin su yaki a Iraki, hukuncin kisa da 'yancin' yan luwadi. Kodayake dan Democrat ne mai aminci, Smith ya goyi bayan daya daga cikin tsoffin 'yan wasansa, Richard Vinroot, dan Republican wanda ya yi takarar gwamnan North Carolina a shekarar 2000. A shekara ta 2006, Smith ya zama mai magana da yawun Devout Democrats, wani kwamiti na siyasa na addini, wanda aka tsara don shawo kan Amurkawa masu addini su zabi 'yan Democrat. An nuna Smith a cikin tallan da aka buga a jaridu a duk Arewacin Carolina kuma an nuna shi a cikin labarin Associated Press. A ranar 13 ga Oktoba, 2008, ya amince da takarar Sanata Barack Obama
don shugaban Amurka.