Lindsey Graham
Former senator for South Carolina · Republican; served until July 11, 2026
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Seats held: Senator for SC, 2003–2026 · Representative for SC-3, 1995–2003.
South Carolina has about 5.6 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 24 of 53 surveyed votes where South Carolina's estimated majority was clear.
- Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape: on these votes, South Carolina's estimated opinion was too close to call.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to contraceptives (Right to Contraception Act) | June 5, 2024 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (70.1% support, likely 65.6–74.7%) | Didn't vote |
| Renew post-9/11 surveillance programs that allow searching electronic data without a warrant (FISA reauthorization) | April 19, 2024 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (37.8% support, likely 33–42.5%) | Against the majority |
| Recognize same-sex and interracial marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.7% support, likely 51.5–61.9%) | Against the majority |
| Require all federal agencies to recognize same-sex marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.7% support, likely 51.1–62.2%) | Against the majority |
| Clean-energy tax credits, lower ACA premiums and Medicare drug price negotiation (Inflation Reduction Act) | August 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.4% support, likely 56.1–64.6%) | Against the majority |
| $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research (CHIPS and Science Act) | July 27, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.5% support, likely 55.3–63.7%) | With the majority |
| Increase spending on mental health and school safety, and tighten gun background checks for buyers under 21 (Bipartisan Safer Communities Act) | June 23, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (85.5% support, likely 81.3–89.7%) | With the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (second wording) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (58.4% support, likely 52.9–63.9%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (65.3% support, likely 59.9–70.7%) | Against the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (59.1% support, likely 54.9–63.3%) | Against the majority |
| Appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (44.7% support, likely 40.3–49.1%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78.4% support, likely 73.5–83.2%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78.8% support, likely 75.2–82.5%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (79% support, likely 74.4–83.5%) | With the majority |
| Increase federal spending on high-tech research and development (U.S. Innovation and Competition Act) | June 8, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (58% support, likely 52.8–63.3%) | With the majority |
| Establish a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol | May 28, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56% support, likely 50.8–61.3%) | Against the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (54% support, likely 49.8–58.3%) | Too close to call |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.4% support, likely 51.1–61.7%) | Against the majority |
| Impeach and convict President Trump (January 2021) | February 13, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.1% support, likely 44–62.2%) | Too close to call |
| CARES Act ($2 trillion in coronavirus relief, March 2020) | March 25, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (89.5% support, likely 86.9–92.1%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (42.1% support, likely 37.9–46.3%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (43.8% support, likely 39.7–48%) | With the majority |
| Build a wall on the southern border | March 14, 2019 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.7% support, likely 46.9–50.6%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.6% support, likely 47.6–55.6%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (50.8% support, likely 44.7–56.9%) | Too close to call |
| Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.6% support, likely 47.1–56.2%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (43.7% support, likely 39.4–48%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (63.4% support, likely 59.1–67.6%) | With the majority |
| Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.5% support, likely 68.5–76.4%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (67.1% support, likely 63–71.3%) | With the majority |
| Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (76.5% support, likely 70.8–82.2%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49.3% support, likely 44.8–53.8%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (50.6% support, likely 44.3–56.8%) | Too close to call |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (68.4% support, likely 62.3–74.4%) | Against the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (50.5% support, likely 46.2–54.9%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.5% support, likely 47.2–59.7%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (45.5% support, likely 39.3–51.8%) | Too close to call |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 9, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (80.6% support, likely 76.8–84.4%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (60.5% support, likely 55.9–65.1%) | With the majority |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (84.4% support, likely 80.9–87.9%) | With the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.5% support, likely 48.9–58.1%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (63.1% support, likely 57–69.2%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (77.3% support, likely 70.8–83.8%) | Didn't vote |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (65.1% support, likely 57.9–72.3%) | Didn't vote |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | April 14, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62% support, likely 57.5–66.5%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.3% support, likely 53.1–65.6%) | With the majority |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (41.9% support, likely 37.2–46.7%) | With the majority |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (61.7% support, likely 57–66.4%) | With the majority |
| Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) | May 6, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (46% support, likely 39.7–52.3%) | Too close to call |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (92% support, likely 88–96%) | Against the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (91.3% support, likely 87–95.5%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.6% support, likely 55.9–65.2%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (50.1% support, likely 45.3–54.9%) | Too close to call |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (20.8% support, likely 16.8–24.7%) | Against the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75% support, likely 70.7–79.2%) | With the majority |
| Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) | March 1, 2012 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Most oppose (39.2% support, likely 34.6–43.7%) | Against the majority |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.2% support, likely 43.5–52.8%) | Too close to call |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 18, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.3% support, likely 57.9–70.6%) | Against the majority |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 18, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (63.3% support, likely 58.6–68%) | Against the majority |
| Confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court | August 5, 2010 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.3% support, likely 43.2–53.5%) | Too close to call |
| Financial reform (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) | July 15, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (69.3% support, likely 64.5–74.1%) | Against the majority |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.1% support, likely 46.6–59.5%) | Too close to call |
| Affordable Care Act of 2010 | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (58.7% support, likely 53.9–63.5%) | Against the majority |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (54.6% support, likely 49.4–59.8%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court | August 6, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.6% support, likely 42.3–55%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (52.8% support, likely 46.5–59.1%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (52.7% support, likely 46.2–59.2%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (54.6% support, likely 49.6–59.7%) | Too close to call |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (76.2% support, likely 70.4–81.9%) | Against the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (74.5% support, likely 66.5–82.6%) | Against the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (74% support, likely 69.4–78.6%) | Against the majority |
| Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (more time to sue over pay discrimination) | January 22, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.2% support, likely 54.9–67.5%) | Against the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (28.6% support, likely 21.1–36.2%) | Against the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (29% support, likely 20.9–37.1%) | Against the majority |
| The $700 billion bank bailout (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (29.9% support, likely 25.1–34.7%) | Against the majority |
| Federal help for homeowners facing foreclosure (Housing and Economic Recovery Act) | July 26, 2008 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (58.2% support, likely 52.9–63.5%) | Didn't vote |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas terrorist suspects without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (67.5% support, likely 61.1–73.9%) | With the majority |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas communications without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (74.1% support, likely 69.7–78.6%) | With the majority |
| Extend NAFTA-style free trade to Peru (U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement) | December 4, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49.6% support, likely 44.1–55.1%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) | September 27, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (74.9% support, likely 70.2–79.7%) | Against the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.7% support, likely 58.4–71%) | Against the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (63.4% support, likely 58.5–68.3%) | Against the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (63.3% support, likely 58–68.5%) | Against the majority |
| Raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour (Fair Minimum Wage Act) | February 1, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (81.1% support, likely 76.9–85.3%) | With the majority |
Attendance
In the 119th Congress, Lindsey Graham missed 57 of 851 Senate votes (6.7%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 99.1% of the time.