Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kunyange zvazvo Joel akapa mari kuvamiriri veDemocratic vari kukwikwidza, haana kumbozvizivisa pachena kuti ari mubato reDemocratic Party. Kunyange zvazvo asingazivikanwi nokuda kwokutsigira pachena vamiriri vezvematongerwe enyika, akaridza mutambo wokubatsira naBruce Springsteen kuunganidza mari yeBarack Obama's
mushandirapamwe wemutungamiri wenyika muna 2008. Akaita makonzati okuyamura ayo akabatsira kuunganidza mari yezvinhu zvematongerwe enyika. Zvisinei, pamusoro pevanhu vakakurumbira vanotsigira vamiriri vezvematongerwe enyika, Joel akati, "Vanhu vanobhadhara matikiti enyu, handifungi kuti vanoda kunzwa kuti muchavhotera ani uye kuti munofunga kuti vanofanira kuvhota sei". Kunyange zvakadaro, muna 2016, mushure mekunge kuzvitsaurira kwake kunonyadzisa kwe "The Entertainer" kumumiriri weRepublican panguva iyoyo Donald Trump kwakatorwa sekutsigira kwakakomba, Joel akaudza "New York Daily News" mune email kuti aizovhotera Hillary Clinton.