Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wā o ngā pōtitanga tūmataiti a te Rōpū Te Manapori i te tau 2004, i tautoko ia i te Kaunihera o Massachusetts, a John Kerry. I kii a Gantt ko Kerry "he toa pakanga Amerika, he pai ki te whakaputa i tona mahunga mo te maatauranga". I te wa o te 2008 Democratic presidential primary i tautoko ia i te New York Senator Hillary Clinton a ka mahi hei karere mo ia ki te Democratic National Convention. I te wa o te pooti perehitini 2012, i tautoko ia i te Perehitini Barack Obama, i mahi hei karere ki te Democratic National Convention, a i tae atu ki te huihuinga a Obama.
te whakatūnga tuarua. I te wa o te 2016 Democratic presidential primaries i tautoko ia i a Hillary Clinton.