Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Ka hor inta uusan dhigan dugsiga sharciga, Demissie wuxuu bilaabay xirfadiisa siyaasadeed isagoo ka shaqeynaya ololihii madaxtinimada ee John Kerry ee 2004. Wuxuu labaduba ka shaqeeyay Iowa wuxuuna u adeegay agaasimaha goobta Georgia mararka qaar ololaha. Intii lagu guda jiray doorashadii madaxtinimada Mareykanka ee 2008, Demissie wuxuu markii ugu horreysay ka shaqeeyay ololaha Hillary Clinton ee doorashadii hore ee Dimuqraadiga. Clinton ayaa ku guuldaraysan doonta doorashada madaxtinimada Barack Obama. Intii lagu guda jiray doorashadii guud, wuxuu u shaqeeyay sida Ohio ka soo bax madaxa codaynta ee Obama
doorashada, isagoo xilkaas hayay laga soo bilaabo Agoosto 2008 ilaa doorashadii Nofeembar.