SOUTH CAROLINA
Population (1994): 3,664,000 (up 5.1% from 1990), 1.4% of U.S. total
Voting-age population: 2,740,000; 1994 turnout, 34%
Median age: 32.0 years
Median household income: $29,846 ($2,418 below U.S. median)
Unemployment: 4.9% (0.7% below U.S. average, March 1996)
Last presidential election: Bush (R): 48% Clinton (D): 40% Perot (I): 12%
Congressional delegation: Three Democrats, five Republicans
Once upon a time the Palmetto State was a bastion of Democratism--of the 99,000 South Carolinians who voted for President in 1940, 96% were members of the old coalition party brought together by Franklin D. Roosevelt. As recently as 1976, Jimmy Carter won the...