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South Carolina State Missed
Votes Scorecard

7%
In South Carolina, the average Senate missed 7% of the vote.
State Dist Party Member % Missed Votes # Missed Votes # Total Votes Most Absent Rank
SC SD-41 R Sandy Senn
28%
104 370 1
SC SD-31 R Hugh Leatherman
28%
103 368 2
SC SD-45 D Margie Matthews
27%
99 370 3
SC SD-42 D Marlon Kimpson
19%
70 370 4
SC SD-21 D Darrell Jackson
18%
65 370 5
SC SD-22 D Mia McLeod
15%
55 370 6
SC SD-33 R Luke Rankin
12%
45 370 7
SC SD-40 D Brad Hutto
9%
34 370 8
SC SD-26 D Nikki Setzler
9%
32 370 9
SC SD-09 R Danny Verdin
9%
32 370 9
SC SD-35 D Thomas McElveen
8%
31 370 11
SC SD-05 R Thomas Corbin
8%
28 370 12
SC SD-07 D Karl Allen
7%
27 370 13
SC SD-16 R Michael Johnson
7%
27 370 13
SC SD-18 R Ronnie Cromer
7%
26 370 15
SC SD-20 D Richard Harpootlian
6%
23 370 16
SC SD-43 R George Campsen
6%
22 370 17
SC SD-06 R Dwight Loftis
6%
22 370 17
SC SD-46 R Tom Davis
6%
21 370 19
SC SD-32 D Ronnie Sabb
5%
20 370 20
SC SD-34 R Stephen Goldfinch
5%
19 370 21
SC SD-37 R Lawrence Grooms
5%
18 370 22
SC SD-03 R Richard Cash
5%
17 370 23
SC SD-10 R Billy Garrett
5%
17 370 23
SC SD-29 D Gerald Malloy
5%
17 370 23
SC SD-28 R Greg Hembree
4%
16 370 26
SC SD-13 R Shane Martin
4%
15 370 27
SC SD-19 D John Scott
4%
15 370 27
SC SD-15 R Wes Climer
4%
13 370 29
SC SD-17 D Michael Fanning
4%
13 370 29
SC SD-12 R Scott Talley
4%
13 370 29
SC SD-38 R Sean Bennett
3%
11 370 32
SC SD-27 R Penry Gustafson
3%
11 370 32
SC SD-04 R Michael Gambrell
3%
10 370 34
SC SD-24 R Tom Young
3%
10 370 34
SC SD-36 D Kevin Johnson
2%
9 370 36
SC SD-23 R Katrina Shealy
2%
6 370 37
SC SD-11 R Josh Kimbrell
1%
5 370 38
SC SD-01 R Thomas Alexander
1%
4 370 39
SC SD-39 D Vernon Stephens
1%
4 370 39
SC SD-30 D Kent Williams
1%
3 370 41
SC SD-25 R A. Shane Massey
0%
1 370 42
SC SD-08 R Ross Turner
0%
1 370 42
SC SD-44 R Brian Adams
0%
0 370 44
SC SD-14 R Harvey Peeler
0%
0 370 44
SC SD-02 R Rex Rice
0%
0 370 44
Methodology

The 2021 South Carolina Missed Votes Scorecard

MISSED VOTES METHODOLOGY – SOUTH CAROLINA 2021

The Club for Growth Foundation publishes the “Missed Votes” scorecard so the public can see how often South Carolina’s elected state lawmakers show up to vote on legislation.

The Foundation looked at 370 votes in the South Carolina Senate and 587 votes in the South Carolina House during the 2021 regular and special sessions. The votes were cast from 1/13/2021 – 12/10/2021. This is not an exhaustive list of votes. These floor votes include roll call votes on legislative bills and excludes attendance votes and votes cast in committee.

On any single roll call vote, if the lawmaker voted YEA (“Y”) or NAY (“N”), then the scorecard counted the lawmaker as casting a vote (+).  If the lawmaker abstained or was not present or did not vote, then the scorecard labeled the lawmaker as missing the vote (-).

The Club for Growth Foundation makes no judgment on why a lawmaker misses votes. Lawmakers miss votes for a whole host of reasons, including medical issues, family concerns, prior commitments, purely political motivations, or other reasons. The Club for Growth Foundation has not analyzed why any lawmaker has missed a vote, and is simply publishing this quantified information for educational purposes only.

Due to situations such as retirements, personal issues, special elections, and appointments, there may be included lawmakers who have not served from start to finish. Their records are kept to showcase all members who voted during the legislative year.

There are inherent limitations in judging the overall qualifications of any legislator based on how many votes he or she has missed, and the Club for Growth Foundation does not endorse or oppose any legislator for public office.

Any mathematical discrepancies for these scores are due to rounding.

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