Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2007, Usher bidoro mkpọsa ya na "Change in the South" na Atlanta, Georgia n'ogige Georgia Tech iji kwado onye isi ala Barack Obama. Obama gwara Usher ka ọ bụrụ onye isi oche mba maka mkpọsa ndebanye aha ndị ntuli aka ya "Vote for Change". Na-eme ihe ndị ọzọ maka Obama n'afọ na-esote Usher na Kerry Washington ga-eduzi mkpọsa na ogige ụlọ akwụkwọ nke South Carolina State University na Orangeburg, S.C. Na 2008, Usher kwadoro mkpọsa nke Service Nation, na-eje ozi dị ka Onye isi oche ndị ntorobịa nke Service Nation. Usher kwuru "Dị ka onye na-ese ihe, a na-amatakarị m maka egwu m na-eme na arụmọrụ m na-enye. Enwere m ngọzi inwewo ohere nke ịbụ akụkụ nke ọtụtụ oge dị ịtụnanya. Ma ọ bụ ọrụ a na-akpali m, na-enye ndị ntorobịa ike ịghọ ndị na-arụsi ọrụ ike n'obodo ha". Usher weputakwara egwu pụrụ iche "Hush" nke metụtara nsogbu mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya na ịtụ vootu. Na vidiyo ahụ, o gosipụtara okwu agbamume Barack Obama. Usher rụrụ "Higher Ground" n'akụkụ Stevie Wonder na Shakira na
Emume nhọpụta onyeisiala nke 2009 na Lincoln Memorial na National Mall na Washington, D.C., na Jenụwarị 18, 2009. Ọ gara n'ihu ịkwado Obama na 2012 ma kwado ya na mkpọsa ntuli aka nke 2012.