Is Cindy Hyde-Smith pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Cindy Hyde-Smith stand on Israel?

Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican, Mississippi) has the 46th most pro-Israel record in the US Senate, with a net score of +42: 15 cosponsorships and 12 aligned floor votes on the pro-Israel side, with no recorded activity 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): 15 cosponsored bills × 2 = 30 points; 12 aligned floor votes × 1 = 12 points. Subtotal: 42 points pro-Israel.
• Net score: +42 pro-Israel (42 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

2026 cycle, source: FEC, filings through 2026-09-30. Total raised: $4,512,941. Total spent: $2,557,420. Cash on hand: $2,425,285.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting Hyde-Smith: $355,942 (2020–2026, 3 PACs, 20 donors, 206 bundled, including $5,032 just filed with the FEC).

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

Where the supporting money comes from

• PAC money: $23,000 (6%, routed + independent expenditures).
• Individual donors: $85,790 (24%, 20 named individuals), of which $1,000 was routed through conduits and is counted once, under bundled.
• Bundled / earmarked: $248,152 (70%, 206 conduit donors, including $32 just filed).

How the buckets add up to $355,942: PAC money $23,000, plus named individual donors $85,790, minus $1,000 routed through conduits by 1 of those donor (counted once under bundled), plus bundled / earmarked $248,152, equals $355,942 hardline pro-Israel money supporting Hyde-Smith.

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

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.