Ka cika wannan magana: Ko da yake Joel ya ba da gudummawar kuɗi ga 'yan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat da ke neman kujerar shugabanci, bai taɓa nuna kansa a fili cewa yana cikin jam'iyyar Democrat ba. Ko da yake ba a san shi da goyon bayan 'yan takarar siyasa ba, ya yi wasa da Bruce Springsteen don tara kuɗi don Barack Obama
yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa a shekarar 2008. Ya yi waƙoƙi a waƙoƙin agaji waɗanda suka taimaka wajen tara kuɗi don dalilai na siyasa. Koyaya, game da mashahuran da ke tallafawa 'yan takarar siyasa, Joel ya ce, "Mutanen da ke biyan kuɗin ku, ban tsammanin suna son jin wanda za ku zaɓa da kuma yadda kuke ganin ya kamata su zaɓa ba". Duk da haka, a cikin 2016, bayan sadaukar da kai na "The Entertainer" ga dan takarar Republican Donald Trump a lokacin da aka ɗauka a matsayin babban tallafi, Joel ya gaya wa "New York Daily News" a cikin imel ɗin cewa zai yi zaɓe ga Hillary Clinton.