Kamfen na Sharpton na 2004 ya kuma mai da hankali kan daidaitattun hakkoki. Da yake bayyana dalilin da ya sa yake takara, Sharpton ya ce, "Ina ganin idan muka tsaya kan hakkin ma'aikata, muka tsaya kan shirin zaman lafiya a duk duniya, muka tsaya kan haƙƙin tsarin mulki na kowane Ba'amurke, waɗancan mutane za su dawo [zuwa Jam'iyyar Democrat], kuma waɗancan mutane sune mafi yawan Amurkawa. " Kamar Moseley Braun, yakin neman zaben Sharpton ya ba shi damar shiga cikin muhawarar farko ta Jam'iyyar Democrat da aka watsa a talabijin, kuma ya sami damar yin magana a taron.
Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat na 2004, a wannan shekarar ne shugaban kasa Barack Obama ya sami kulawa ta kasa don jawabinsa na babban taron.