Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kua mahi a Tanden i runga i te maha o nga kaupapa perehitini Democratic, tae atu ki a Michael Dukakis i te 1988, Bill Clinton i te 1992, me Barack Obama i te
Ko te tau 2008. Ko Tanden he kaitohutohu matua ki a Hillary Clinton i tana pooti 2000 ki te nohoanga o te United States Senate i New York, i te wa hoki o Clinton hei Kaunihera. I tohutohu a Tanden ki a Clinton i a ia e rere ana mo te whakaingoatanga a te Manapori 2008, ana i muri mai ka awhina ia ia ki te hinga i a Bernie Sanders kia wini i te whakaingoatanga i te tau 2016, me te rere ki a Donald Trump i nga pooti nui o te tau 2016. I a ia e mahi ana i te kawanatanga me te tari Obama, i awhina a Tanden ki te tuhi i te Ture Awhina Utu (ACA).