Lindsey Graham
Senator · R-SC
OverviewMoney & Influence
80% of Graham's money comes from outside SC.
The majority of funding comes from donors who cannot vote for this member.
$3.6M raised$181 avg donation20% from SC
Key Findings
80% of donations come from outside SC
A supermajority of Lindsey Graham's funding comes from donors who cannot vote for them.
52% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
No revolving door connections detected
No former staff were matched to registered lobbyists.
Low committee-donor overlap
PAC funding shows minimal connection to industries regulated by this member's committee.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — Lindsey Graham's office.
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The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
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The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
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The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
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The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
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🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Graham's leadership PAC raised $3.6M — more than individual donors contributed directly. Top individual donor: Kay, Alison from CA ($18K).
Industry PACs
$854KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$3.6MHow much power this member brokers
Fund For America's Future
Raised: $504KSpent: $482K
Fund For America's Future
Raised: $672KSpent: $649K
Fund For America's Future
Raised: $644KSpent: $1.1M
Fund For America's Future
Raised: $1.1MSpent: $733K
Fund For Americas Future
Raised: $638KSpent: $581K
Top Individual Donors
$3.0MNamed people writing checks
Kay, Alison↗$18K
CA · Kids Capital · 4xRehnert, Geoff↗$18K
MA · Audax Group · 4xSinger, Paul↗$18K
FL · Elliott Investment Management · 3xTX · Fisher Investments · 4x
CO · 5x
Frost, Phillip↗$14K
FL · Opko Health Inc · 5x
Graham
Environment and Public Works, Judiciary
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
207
International Affairs
83
Armed Forces and National Security
68
Health
35
Transportation and Public Works
35
Taxation
29
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.