Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He kaitautoko pumau o te Pāti Manapori, kua nui te takoha a Sorkin ki nga kaitono i waenga i te 1999 me te 2011, e ai ki te CampaignMoney.com. I te wā o te pakanga pōtitanga perehitini o te tau 2004, i tono te komiti mahi tōrangapū o te rōpū tautoko tōrangapū MoveOn i a Sorkin rāua ko Rob Reiner ki te waihanga i tētahi o ā rātou pānuitanga pakanga anti-Bush. I te marama o Akuhata 2008, i uru a Sorkin ki tētahi
Ko te huihuinga a Generation Obama i te Whare Tapere Toi Pai i Beverly Hills, California, e whai waahi ana ki tetahi korerorero roopu i muri i te whakaaturanga o te "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" a Frank Capra. Heoi, kaore a Sorkin e whakaaro ko ia he kaitohutohu torangapu: "Kua tutaki ahau ki nga kaitohutohu torangapu, a he pono ratou. Kāore au i haere ki tētahi wāhi, i mahi rānei i tētahi mea e nui ake ana te kaha i te tuhi i tētahi tīkiti i runga i ngā āhuatanga o te mahi". I te tau 2016, i muri i te wikitoria o te Perehitini Donald Trump i te pooti, i tuhia e Sorkin he reta tuwhera ki tana tamahine a Roxy me tona whaea a Julia.