Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 2001, Haysbert akakurumbira paakasarudzwa mu "24" seSenator weU.S. David Palmer, uyo akashanda semutema wekutanga weU.S. Mutungamiri (mune mamiriro ekuratidzira) panguva yechipiri neyechitatu mwaka. Akadzokawo semutambi wemuenzi muzvikamu zvitanhatu zvekupedzisira zvemwaka wechina uye chikamu chekutanga chemwaka wechishanu. Akasarudzwa nokuda kweGolden Globe uye nokuda kweGolden Satellite Award muna 2002 nokuda kwebasa iri. Haysbert akataura mubvunzurudzo yechiratidziro kuti varume vatatu vaanoyemura zvikuru - Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, naColin Powell - pamwe chete vanoumba pfungwa yake yekuti Mutungamiri anofanirwa kunge ari ani. Haysbert anotenda kuti kutamba kwake David Palmer pa"24" kwakabetsera Barack Obama - uyo Haysbert akatsigira - kukunda
Kukwikwidza musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dzeDemocratic muna 2008.