A Texas judge threw out the registration rules for silencers and short-barreled rifles. Six days later, Andrew Clyde — who owns two gun stores — led a letter asking DOJ to skip the appeal and stop enforcing the law nationwide. Thirty-three of the signers have report cards here.
ICE plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that deliver painful electric shocks — ten times what Susan Collins points to as the de-escalation reform that justified her vote. Here are the 201 Republicans with report cards on this site who voted for the money.
Five days after publicly calling for a peaceful transition, Ralph Norman privately texted Mark Meadows that invoking 'Marshall Law' was the LAST HOPE. Asked on CNN three years later if he regretted it, he said the only thing he regrets is the spelling.
Trump won South Carolina with 58.2% of the vote to 40.4%, a margin of 17.9 points. (Full 2024 presidential results, state by state.)
8 of 9 — 89%. In the U.S. House, South Carolina has 6 Republicans and 1 Democrat; in the Senate, 2 Republicans and 0 Democrats. (Source: Current members of Congress from South Carolina, on Wikipedia.)
South Carolina ranks #43 of 50. That is the average of its rank on the 17 measures in the report card above — violent crime, gun deaths, life expectancy, food insecurity, maternal and infant mortality, household income, public education, voter turnout and more. #1 is the best state to live in, #50 the worst.
You can compare South Carolina directly to other states on our Compare States page.
6, listed above. We grade Republicans running in 2026 — U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and governors — on their record: how they voted, who funds them, and what it has cost South Carolina. Democrats and independents do not get report cards.
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — 81 days away. Check your registration and polling place at vote.org.
