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Lindsey Graham

U.S. Senator · SC · South Carolina senator; Judiciary and foreign-policy Republican

US politics influence
33/ 100
Numbers First

Fast statistical read before interpretation

Raised
$109M
Aggregate modeled elections
Coverage
40%
Negative share of tracked coverage
Top outlet
20%
Fox News
Net worth
$2.3M
Latest midpoint
Top topic
18%
Judiciary / nominations
Social reach
3.5M
X leads · 2.0M
X2.0M · 57%
Instagram1.2M · 36%
YouTube242K · 7%
Overall political influence
Combined first-read signal for voter and statistical comparison.
33/100
Funding Mix

Aggregate modeled elections · as of 2026-06-04

Raised
$109M
Spent
$106M
Cash
$3.0M
Small individual donors23%
Large individual donors42%
PAC / committee support27%
Other8%

Summary totals aggregate the modeled election tabs below. Static public-source snapshot; replace with exact FEC/state filing exports during ingestion.

Named PACs and committees
Team Graham
Candidate committee · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Team Graham
$109M
Fund for America's Future
Leadership PAC · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Fund for America's Future
$6.1M
Large individual donors

Aggregate large-donor view combines curated public itemized records from modeled election tabs; missing names remain explicitly noted rather than inferred.

Coverage Share

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04 · top outlet: Fox News

Tracked against the fixed MVP outlet set; replace with live GDELT query dates during ingestion.

What Coverage Is About

GDELT-style topic associations

Judiciary / nominations18%
216 tracked mentions
Trump relationship16%
192 tracked mentions
Ukraine / NATO13%
156 tracked mentions
Israel / Iran12%
144 tracked mentions
Immigration11%
132 tracked mentions
Public Conversation Signals

Search demand and network coverage framing

These are public-source and method-based signals about what people search and what major coverage clusters emphasize; they are not Perception endorsements or quality claims.

What people search most
Judges
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
72
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Lindsey Graham; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

Foreign policy
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
54
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Lindsey Graham; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

net worth
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
54
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Lindsey Graham; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

donors
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
25
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Lindsey Graham; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

polls
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
44
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Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Lindsey Graham; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

Network coverage framing
Fox NewsJudgesMixed

Fox News coverage is modeled as focusing on judges for Lindsey Graham, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 20% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
CNNForeign policyCritical

CNN coverage is modeled as focusing on foreign policy for Lindsey Graham, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 18% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
NYTTrump relationshipCritical

NYT coverage is modeled as focusing on trump relationship for Lindsey Graham, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 17% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
Reutersfundraising networkNeutral

Reuters coverage is modeled as focusing on fundraising network for Lindsey Graham, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 15% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
APelectoral stakesNeutral

AP coverage is modeled as focusing on electoral stakes for Lindsey Graham, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 14% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
Estimated Net Worth Over Time

Disclosure ranges, not exact bank balances

Latest midpoint
$2.3M
Change since 2016
$1.4M
Method

Estimated from Senate disclosures using midpoint-style asset and liability ranges.

Spectrum Estimate

Left-right model, not a value judgment

LeftCenterRight
Conservative Republican / defense hawk. Estimated from Judiciary role, defense and foreign-policy agenda, immigration positions, and voting record.
US Politics Influence

Following, wealth, positions, media, money, and electoral power

Positions held
24

Formal office, party leadership, committee leverage, and current agenda-setting power.

Media attention
21

Share and intensity in the tracked national news and network coverage set.

Electoral power
11

Relevance to presidential, statewide, nationally watched, or party-defining elections.

Public following
52

Public-platform reach across modeled official, campaign, and public social accounts.

Fundraising network
72

Aggregate modeled campaign receipts, PAC/committee support, and donor infrastructure.

Wealth
31

Estimated disclosure-range midpoint and public wealth context, not exact bank balance.

Source-backed summary

South Carolina senator with major visibility on judicial confirmations, foreign policy, defense, immigration, and Republican coalition politics around Trump.

Top tracked issues
JudgesForeign policyTrump relationshipImmigration
U.S. senator from South Carolina
Judiciary and foreign-policy voice
Former presidential candidate
What This Person Is Really About

Source-backed synthesis, not Perception endorsement

Political identity

Lindsey Graham is best read as a republican power figure whose profile centers on judges and foreign policy.

Power lever

Their practical influence comes through committee leverage and Senate votes, fundraising networks, media attention, and coalition relationships tracked in this profile.

Public perception

Public attention clusters around Fox News and CNN coverage plus issue associations in the tracked news set.

Influencer narrative

MVP influencer monitoring treats judges as the dominant narrative to verify against podcasts, YouTube, X, newsletters, and cable clips.

Trend spike watch

Trend fields are MVP snapshots: use the listed query terms and date ranges as the future ingestion contract for Google Trends, X, Instagram, and vendor social-listening data.

Why this matters long term

This profile is structured as durable civic data: every claim should either cite a source, name a method, or be easy to replace with a live ingestion result.

Key Stances

Source-backed issue stance summaries

Judges
Official sources

Judges is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Foreign policy
Official sources

Foreign policy is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Trump relationship
Official sources

Trump relationship is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Immigration
Official sources

Immigration is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Economy
Official sources

Economy is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Abortion
Official sources

Abortion is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Background

Education, home state, and public family bio

From
South Carolina
Highest education
Juris Doctor
Marriages
0
Children
0
Schools
University of South CarolinaUniversity of South Carolina School of Law

Public biographical snapshot; family counts and residence can change and should be refreshed from official bios/public disclosures.

Controversy Meter

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04

Critical coverage intensity
64
High
Negative share
40%
Tracked articles
1,476

MVP estimate based on critical/negative tone, 0% legal/conflict topic association, 0% personal/family association, and concentrated conflict coverage in the tracked outlet set.

Political Allies

Coalition and governing network

Institutional Memory

Historical records for long-term study

Policy milestone
1980s-1990s
Air Force lawyer

Served in the Air Force and Judge Advocate General's Corps.

Office
1995-2003
U.S. representative

Represented South Carolina in the House.

Office
2003-
U.S. senator

Represents South Carolina in the Senate.

Election
2016
Presidential candidate

Ran in the Republican presidential primary.

Policy milestone
2026-06-04
Perception source snapshot

Structured snapshot tying office history, money, media topics, issue stances, and trend placeholders into one reusable civic-data record.

Resume Timeline

Quick scan

1980s-1990s
Air Force lawyer

Served in the Air Force and Judge Advocate General's Corps.

1995-2003
U.S. representative

Represented South Carolina in the House.

2003-
U.S. senator

Represents South Carolina in the Senate.

2016
Presidential candidate

Ran in the Republican presidential primary.

Most Similar

Coalition and career resemblance

Receipts

Every profile starts with public sources

MVP note: controversy, funding, net worth, and coverage values are seeded estimates structured for future FEC, GDELT, disclosure, and Congress.gov ingestion.