Is Jim DeMint pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Jim DeMint stand on Israel?

Jim DeMint (Republican, South Carolina), a former member of the US Senate, has a pro-Israel record, with a net score of +11: 5 cosponsorships and 1 aligned floor vote 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): 5 cosponsored bills × 2 = 10 points; 1 aligned floor vote × 1 = 1 point. Subtotal: 11 points pro-Israel.
Net score: +11 pro-Israel (11 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

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

Pro-Israel money

No tracked pro-Israel PAC money or individual donors for this member.

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

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.

Jim DeMint's Full Israel/Palestine Voting Record

Senator DeMint, Jim, Republican of SC. Jim DeMint (R-SC): pro-Israel record, net score +11 (11 pro-Israel vs 0 pro-Palestine points). Votes, sponsorships, and funding, sourced to Congress.gov and the FEC.

Israel/Palestine weighted score: +11 pro-Israel (11 pro-Israel points, 0 pro-Palestine points).

Israel/Palestine campaign finance · Full campaign-finance ledger

Cosponsored bills (5)

Roll-call votes (11)

S 3254: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, voted Yea
HR 2055: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, voted Nay
HR 5631: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007, voted Yea
HR 3057: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006, voted Yea
S 2766: John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, voted Yea
HR 4310: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, voted Not Voting
HR 1473: Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, voted Nay
S 1042: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, voted Yea
HR 5010: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003, voted Yea
HR 2506: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002, voted Nay
HR 2194: Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010, voted Yea

Data last synced: 2026-10-15.