Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 2003, Sharpton akazivisa zviri pamutemo kuti aizova musarudzo uye akaita mushandirapamwe mukuru mudunhu reSouth Carolina. Zvisinei, pashure pokuratidzira kwakashata musarudzo dzokutanga dzeSouth Carolina, Sharpton akazivisa kuti akanga achitsigira mukwikwidzi weDemocratic John Kerry. Zvisinei, Sharpton akapfuurira kuita shanyo kutozosvikira Democratic National Convention
, apo akapa hurukuro inokosha.