South Carolina

House Districts: 6
Voting Age Population
  2002:    3,131,000
  2000:    2,977,000
  1998:    2,886,000
  1990:    2,566,496
Redistricting, 2001-2002
  Divided / Courts / VRA		 Presidential Vote  
  2000:  Gore 41, Bush 57, Nader 1
  1996:  Clinton 44, Dole 50, Perot 6  
  1992:  Clinton 40, Bush 48, Perot 12
U.S. House: 4 GOP, 2 Dem
Seat Changes '02: 0
Facts in Focus:
  South Carolina 1982 to 2002

 
How South Carolina Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 42nd
Margin of Victory: 44th  
Landslide Index: 37th 		Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 13th
Representation Index: 32nd
Voter Participation: 40th
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.
 

   

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 Democracy Index

31.6

��

 

 

 Voter Turnout

31.2%

 

 

 

 

 Representation Index

23.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

23.6%

 

 

 

 

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

9.8 / 31.1

 

 

 

 

 Drop-Off Voters

11.1%

 

 

 

 

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

53.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

58-35-7.0

 

 

 

 

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

66.7-33.3-0

 

 

 

 Seat Changes

0

 

 

 

 

 High % Turnout, District

��

 

 

 

 

 Low % Turnout, District

��

 

 

 

 

1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 Democracy Index

��

��

34.1

22.7

27.1

 Voter Turnout

43%

32%

38%

34%

44.3%

 Representation Index

28.1%

21.8%

27.6%

23.7%

28.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wasted Votes

35%

31%

28%

30%

37.8%

 % of Wasted R / D Votes

36 / 31

22 / 47

20 / 37

19 / 43

18.5 / 49.5

 Drop-Off Voters

7.2%

7.2%

8.2%

8.9%

4.5%

 Avg. Margin Of Victory

31%

39%

50%

47%

33.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Votes for (R�D�O%)

52�45�3

64�36�.3

65�33�3

60�38�2

55.2�39.7�5

 Seats for (R�D�O%)

50�50�0

67�33�0

67�33�0

67�33�0

67�33�0

 Seat Changes

��

1

0

0

0

 High % Turnout, District

��

35 (5)

44 (4)

48 (2)

64.1 (2)

 Low % Turnout, District

��

31 (2)

34 (1)

30 (1,3)

43.9 (6)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
 U.S. House (R�D)

4-2

 

 

 

 

 Landslide Index

100%

 

 

 

 

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

0

 

 

 

 

 Competitive: 5-10

0

 

 

 

 

 Comfortable: 10-20

0

 

 

 

 

 Landslide: 20-40

2

 

 

 

 

 No Contest: 40+

4

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested

3

 

 

 

 

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

5 / 6

 

 

 

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

5 / 5

 

 

 

 

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

5 / 5

 

 

 

 

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

3 / 3

 

 

 

 

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

2 / 2

 

 

 

 

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

2

 

 

 

 

 Uncontested Primary

0

 

 

 

 

 Elected Women

0

 

 

 

 

 Elected Minorities

1B

 

 

 

 
Results 1992-2000 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000
 U.S. House (R-D)

3�3

4�2

4�2

4�2

4�2

 Landslide Index

83%

83%

83%

50%

66.6%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

1

1

0

0

0

 Competitive: 5-10

0

0

1

0

0

 Comfortable: 10-20

0

0

0

3

2

 Landslide: 20-40

4

3

2

0

2

 No Contest: 40+

1

1

1

1

1

 Uncontested

0

1

2

2

1

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

5 / 6

4 / 6

6 / 6

5 / 6

5 / 6

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

4 / 5

4 / 4

6 / 6

5 / 5

5 / 5

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

4 / 5

3 / 4

5 / 6

3 / 5

4 / 5

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

2 / 2

2 / 2

4 / 4

2 / 3

3 / 3

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

2 / 3

1 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 2

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

3

2

5

4

2

 Uncontested Primary

4

3

5

4

4

 Elected Women

0

0

0

0

0

 Elected Minorities

1B

1B

1B

1B

1B


Results 1982-1990 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990
 U.S. House (R-D)

3�3

3�3

2�4

2�4

2�4

 Landslide Index

50%

83%

50%

50%

83%

 Scale of Competitiveness

 

 

 

 

 

 Tight: < 5

1

0

2

1

0

 Competitive: 5-10

1

0

1

1

0

 Comfortable: 10-20

1

1

0

1

1

 Landslide: 20-40

2

4

1

1

2

 No Contest: 40+

1

1

1

2

1

 Uncontested

0

0

1

0

2

 Incumbents

 

 

 

 

 

 Total Running / Total Seats

5 / 6

6 / 6

4 / 6

6 / 6

6 / 6

 Re-Election / Total Incumbent

4 / 5

6 / 6

4 / 4

6 / 6

6 / 6

 Landslide / Total Incumbent

2 / 5

5 / 6

3 / 4

3 / 6

5 / 6

 R. Landslide / R. Incumbent

1 / 4

3 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 2

 D. Landslide / D. Incumbent

1 / 1

2 / 3

3 / 3

2 / 4

3 / 4

 Untouchable Repeat Landslide

2

2

2

2

3

 Uncontested Primary

4

5

3

6

5

 Elected Women

0

0

1

1

1

 Elected Minorities

0

0

0

0

0

 
 
Facts in Focus for South Carolina 1982 to 2002
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