Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Hānuere 2008, i te wā o tētahi uiuinga ki "The Wall Street Journal", i whakamoemiti a Carter ki a Senator Barack Obama me te kaupapa perehitini o te whakamutunga
, e kii ana ko te whanau Carter me ia ano i whai hua mai i tana tono, me te matapae i a Obama "ka tata tonu ki te whakaora i te riri i tenei wa, e pa ana ki to taatau whenua me tona kawanatanga". I te marama o Paenga-whāwhā, i a ia i Abuja, i kite a Carter i te tautoko i roto i a Obama mai i te hunga e tata ana ki a ia: "Kaua e wareware kua wikitoria a Obama i taku kawanatanga o Georgia. Ko taku taone, e noho ana i te 625 nga tangata, kei a Obama, ko aku tamariki me o raatau hoa wahine kei te tautoko i a Obama. E tautoko ana hoki aku mokopuna i a Obama". I te 25 o Mei, i whakatau a Carter ka "whakapa" a Senator Hillary Clinton i muri i te pooti a nga superdelegates i muri i te mutunga o te kaupapa tuatahi o te Pipiri 3.