Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 2007, Usher akatanga mushandirapamwe wake mu "Shanduko muSouth" muAtlanta, Georgia pamusasa weGeorgia Tech mukutsigira panguva iyoyo mutungamiri wenyika Barack Obama. Obama akakumbira Usher kuti ashande seNational Co-Chair nokuda kwekambani yake yokunyoresa kuvhota "Vote for Change". Kuita basa rakawanda raObama gore rakatevera Usher naKerry Washington vaizotungamira musangano pamusasa weSouth Carolina State University muOrangeburg, S.C. Muna 2008, Usher akatsigira mushandirapamwe weService Nation, achishanda seSevhisi Nation Youth Chair. Usher akati "Semuimbi, ini ndinowanzozivikanwa nekuda kwemimhanzi yandinoita uye nemitambo yandinoita. Ndakakomborerwa kuva nomukana wokuva rutivi rwenguva dzakawanda dzinoshamisa. Asi iri ndiro basa rinondikurudzira, kupa vanhu vaduku simba rokuva vanoshingaira munzanga yavo". Usher akaburitsawo rwiyo rwakasarudzika "Hush" rwakafuridzirwa nenyaya dzemagariro uye kuvhota, Muvhidhiyo iye anoratidzira hurukuro yekukurudzira yaBarack Obama. Usher akaimba "Higher Ground" pamwe chete naStevie Wonder naShakira pakugadzwa kwemutungamiri wenyika muna 2009
paLincoln Memorial neNational Mall muWashington, D.C., musi waJanuary 18, 2009. Akaramba achitsigira Obama muna 2012 uye akatsigira pakusarudzwa kwegore ra2012.