Riding profile

SC-6

US House district — SC · Mixed · us sc

The question

SC-6: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Editorial read

SC-6, a mixed riding in SC, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 23-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 64% vote share, against 35% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

CLYBURN, JAMES E

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Clyburn, James E

  • Republican Challenger

    Washington, Maurice G Mr I

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
29.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 63.9%
  • Republican 34.8%
  • Other 1.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereSC-6 63.9%34.8%1.3%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +12.0 46.6% −11.9 5.4% −4.1

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
22.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.4 pts

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026