U.S. House · South Carolina, District 6

Rep. James E. Clyburn

Democrat Serving since Jan. 5, 1993Term ends Jan. 3, 2027Missed 1% of votes (9 of 674) · How this is measured

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the House. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Clyburn
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

James E. Clyburn's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress10thpercentile
More liberal than 90% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
54th most liberal of 531
Democrats in Congress21stpercentile
More liberal than 79% of Democrats in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
54th most liberal of 259
The House11thpercentile
More liberal than 89% of House members.
Most liberalMost conservative
48th most liberal of 431

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

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Votes with own party
98%
Q1 2025: 96% → Q3 2026: 94%

Lower than 127 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual98%
Expected96%
Difference+2 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 55%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is James E. Clyburn. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

On 466 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 96%See the 466 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
9%all votes
Q1 2025: 0% → Q3 2026: 6%

Lower than 107 of 212 House Democrats.

Actual9%
Expected13%
Difference−4 pts

Expected is the typical score for members of the same party whose districts voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one House member, grouped by party. The dot is James E. Clyburn. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this district voted for president in 2024.

Based on 140 votes9% on legislation onlySee the 140 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

Votes where James E. Clyburn went against most of their party or against the President's stated position.

Every vote

Every roll call in the House this Congress, with how James E. Clyburn voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

How this is measured
DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

How this district voted for president in 2024

Harris 60.5%Trump 37.9%

South Carolina's district lines are not changing for the next Congress.

Issue by issue

How often James E. Clyburn votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

James E. Clyburn votes with their party about equally often on every issue.

James E. ClyburnAverage for House Democrats
  1. Government Operations and Politics 90%Average 92% · 20 votes on Government Operations and Politics
  2. Crime and Law Enforcement 93%Average 89% · 28 votes on Crime and Law Enforcement
  3. International Affairs 93%Average 96% · 15 votes on International Affairs
  4. Immigration 93%Average 91% · 15 votes on Immigration
  5. Public Lands and Natural Resources 95%Average 98% · 19 votes on Public Lands and Natural Resources
  6. Environmental Protection 96%Average 96% · 27 votes on Environmental Protection
  7. Economics and Public Finance 97%Average 99% · 63 votes on Economics and Public Finance
  8. Congress 100%Average 100% · 111 votes on Congress
  9. Energy 100%Average 96% · 35 votes on Energy
  10. Armed Forces and National Security 100%Average 97% · 41 votes on Armed Forces and National Security
  11. Finance and Financial Sector 100%Average 88% · 13 votes on Finance and Financial Sector
  12. Education 100%Average 89% · 11 votes on Education
  13. Labor and Employment 100%Average 97% · 12 votes on Labor and Employment
  14. Commerce 100%Average 94% · 8 votes on Commerce
  15. Agriculture and Food 100%Average 94% · 8 votes on Agriculture and Food
  16. Law 100%Average 99% · 6 votes on Law
  17. Health 100%Average 100% · 7 votes on Health

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Families (4 votes), Animals (3 votes), Taxation (3 votes), Transportation and Public Works (2 votes), Arts, Culture, Religion (2 votes), Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (2 votes), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Native Americans (1 vote), Social Welfare (1 vote), Water Resources Development (1 vote), Emergency Management (1 vote), Sports and Recreation (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

0 passed their chamber · 0 became law

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How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Contact and committees

Contact

D.C. office phone
202-225-3315
Office
274 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4006
Official website
clyburn.house.gov

Committees

  • Committee on Appropriations
    3 subcommittees
    • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Ranking member
    • Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
    • Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Committee data: the congress-legislators project (public domain), refreshed with every update. Chair and ranking-member roles as published there.

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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