Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ na-enye ọzụzụ, ụfọdụ ndị nọ na Democratic Party kpọtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye nnọchiteanya nke United States Senate megide Jesse Helms. Ọ jụrụ. Mana mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká, ọ gara n'ihu na-ekwu okwu n'okwu ndị dịka agha na Iraq, ntaramahụhụ ọnwụ na ikike ndị nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ onye Democrat siri ike, Smith kwadoro otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu ya mbụ, Richard Vinroot, onye Republican nke gbara ọsọ maka gọvanọ nke North Carolina na 2000. N'afọ 2006, Smith ghọrọ ọnụ na-ekwuchitere ndị Democrats na-asọpụrụ Chineke, otu òtù ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na-arụ ọrụ na-eme ka ndị America na-ekpe okpukpe kwenye ịtụ vootu maka ndị Democrats. Smith pụtara na mgbasa ozi nke gbara n'akwụkwọ akụkọ na North Carolina ma gosipụta ya n'isiokwu Associated Press. N'abalị iri na atọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 2008, o kwadoro Senator
Barack Obama na-azọ ọkwa onyeisiala mba Amerịka.