Senator, South Carolina · 2003–2026
Lindsey Graham
Judicial wars, a hawkish foreign policy, and a long migration toward Donald Trump. Died in office in 2026.
Lindsey Graham is on the former-members chart, not the current Congress. The office on file is Senator, South Carolina, 2003–2026. The placement note is: Judicial wars, a hawkish foreign policy, and a long migration toward Donald Trump. Died in office in 2026.
The dot is economics +28 and authority +48. That is right of center on economics. The other axis sits toward authority. Former members are placed from the public career, not from a 119th Congress Voteview score.
Said: He began as a McCain Republican: judges, a hawkish foreign policy, and occasional independence. Done: The hawkish votes stayed. The independence did not. He became one of Trump’s most reliable Senate defenders. The placement follows what the career did when the two diverge.
The nearest other former members on these two numbers are Matt Gaetz (+24 / +48) and Trent Lott (+30 / +40). Nearness is not a school of thought.
This page does not add votes that are not in the placement note. The bills themselves are in the Congressional Record for those years.