Is Thomas Carper pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Thomas Carper stand on Israel?

Thomas Carper (Democrat, Delaware), a former member of the US Senate, has a pro-Israel record, with a net score of +21: 9 cosponsorships and 7 aligned floor votes on the pro-Israel side, against 1 cosponsorship and 2 votes on the pro-Palestine side.

Net score breakdown

Weights: sponsoring a scored bill 3 points, authoring a scored amendment 3 points, cosponsoring a scored bill 2 points, an aligned floor vote 1 point.

  • Pro-Israel activity (additions): 9 cosponsored bills × 2 = 18 points; 7 aligned floor votes × 1 = 7 points. Subtotal: 25 points pro-Israel.
  • Pro-Palestine activity (deduction): 1 cosponsored bill × 2 = 2 points; 2 aligned floor votes × 1 = 2 points. Subtotal: 4 points pro-Palestine.
  • Net score: +21 pro-Israel (25 pro-Israel points minus 4 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

No FEC campaign-finance totals available for this member yet.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting Carper: $23,550 (2024, 0 PACs, 0 donors, 18 bundled).

Pro-Israel money spent AGAINST Carper: $0. No tracked pro-Israel money spent against this member.

Where the supporting money comes from

  • PAC money: $0 (0%, routed + independent expenditures).
  • Individual donors: $0 (0%, 0 named individuals).
  • Bundled / earmarked: $23,550 (100%, 18 conduit donors).

Liberal pro-Israel (J Street) money: $8,770, tracked in its own tier and not included in the hardline total.

Full committee and donor lists: Israel/Palestine campaign finance.

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.

Thomas Carper's Full Israel/Palestine Voting Record

Senator Carper, Thomas R., Democrat of DE. Thomas Carper (D-DE): pro-Israel record, net score +21 (25 pro-Israel vs 4 pro-Palestine points). Votes, sponsorships, and funding, sourced to Congress.gov and the FEC.

Israel/Palestine weighted score: +21 pro-Israel (25 pro-Israel points, 4 pro-Palestine points).

Israel/Palestine campaign finance · Full campaign-finance ledger

Cosponsored bills (10)

Roll-call votes (37)

Data last synced: 2026-10-22.