Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Sanadkii 2007, Usher wuxuu bilaabay ololihiisa "Isbedelka Koonfurta" ee Atlanta, Georgia ee ku yaal Georgia Tech ee taageerada madaxweyne Barack Obama. Obama wuxuu ka codsaday Usher inuu noqdo Guddoomiyaha Qaranka ee ololihiisa diiwaangelinta codbixiyeyaasha "U codee isbedelka". Usher iyo Kerry Washington waxay hoggaamin lahaayeen isu soo bax ka dhacay xarunta Jaamacadda South Carolina State University ee Orangeburg, S.C. Sanadkii 2008, Usher wuxuu taageeray ololaha Adeegga Qaranka, isagoo u adeegay Guddoomiyaha Dhallinyarada Adeegga Qaranka. Usher wuxuu yiri "Farshaxan ahaan, waxaa badanaa la iigu aqoonsan yahay muusikada aan sameeyo iyo bandhigyada aan bixiyo. Waan ku faraxsanahay in aan fursad u helay in aan qeyb ka noqdo daqiiqado badan oo cajiib ah. Laakiin tani waa shaqadii i dhiiragelisay, anigoo awood siinaya dhalinyarada si ay wax ugu qabtaan bulshadooda". Usher ayaa sidoo kale soo saaray hees gaar ah oo la yiraahdo "Hush" taas oo ay saameyn ku yeelatay arrimaha bulshada iyo codeynta, fiidiyowga wuxuu ku soo bandhigayaa khudbad dhiirigelin leh oo uu jeediyay Barack Obama. Usher wuxuu qaaday heesta "Higher Ground" oo ay weheliyaan Stevie Wonder iyo Shakira
Caleemo saarka madaxweynaha 2009 ee Lincoln Memorial iyo National Mall ee Washington, DC, Janaayo 18, 2009. Wuxuu sii waday inuu taageero Obama sanadkii 2012 wuxuuna taageeray ololihii dib u doorashada ee 2012.