Candidate profile
Database-backed profileSouth Carolina House of Representatives — SC House District 76 • Party: Workers
Gary Votour is listed by SCVotes as an active Workers candidate for the 11/3/2026 Statewide General Election.
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Candidate position profile
This is the canonical data layer the agreement score uses: tiered candidate issue positions, where stronger evidence replaces lower-tier party fallback data.
Healthcare
1 evidence item across 1 source. Strongest source: Party platform. Evidence tier: 4 — Party-platform fallback inference; candidate-specific evidence should override when available.
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Healthcare expansion; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Cost of living / housing
1 evidence item across 1 source. Strongest source: Party platform. Evidence tier: 4 — Party-platform fallback inference; candidate-specific evidence should override when available.
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Cost of living public intervention; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Taxes and spending
2 evidence items across 1 source. Strongest source: Party platform. Evidence tier: 4 — Party-platform fallback inference; candidate-specific evidence should override when available.
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Public investment and taxes; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Jobs and economy
1 evidence item across 1 source. Strongest source: Party platform. Evidence tier: 4 — Party-platform fallback inference; candidate-specific evidence should override when available.
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Jobs and worker protections; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Education
1 evidence item across 1 source. Strongest source: Party platform. Evidence tier: 4 — Party-platform fallback inference; candidate-specific evidence should override when available.
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Public education funding; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Public safety / crime
2 evidence items across 2 sources. Strongest source: Biography/context. Evidence tier: 2 — Candidate biography or priority statement inference.
Gary Votour has lower-tier biography/profile context related to Public safety; treat this as an inferred priority, not an explicit policy stance.
Immigration
1 evidence item across 1 source. Strongest source: Party platform. Evidence tier: 4 — Party-platform fallback inference; candidate-specific evidence should override when available.
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Pathway citizenship legal immigration; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Civil liberties and privacy
1 evidence item across 1 source. Strongest source: Party platform. Evidence tier: 4 — Party-platform fallback inference; candidate-specific evidence should override when available.
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Civil liberties and privacy protections; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Elections and democracy
3 evidence items across 2 sources. Strongest source: Ballotpedia questionnaire. Evidence tier: 1 — Direct candidate policy/questionnaire/voting evidence.
Gary Votour's Ballotpedia questionnaire answer indicates a stated position on Election integrity: Withdrawn or disqualified candidates Gary Votour (Workers Party) Democratic primary runoff election Democratic primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 22 Overture Walker defeated Ivory Thigpen in the Democratic primary runoff for South Carolina S
Environment and energy
1 evidence item across 1 source. Strongest source: Party platform. Evidence tier: 4 — Party-platform fallback inference; candidate-specific evidence should override when available.
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Clean energy climate and environment; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Abortion and reproductive rights
1 evidence item across 1 source. Strongest source: Party platform. Evidence tier: 4 — Party-platform fallback inference; candidate-specific evidence should override when available.
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Abortion and reproductive rights; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Guns
1 evidence item across 1 source. Strongest source: Party platform. Evidence tier: 4 — Party-platform fallback inference; candidate-specific evidence should override when available.
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Gun safety background checks and red flag laws; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Unknown issue axes: 0. Tier 4 starts from party fallback; higher-tier evidence replaces it when available.
Issue-by-issue agreement
Rows are grouped by candidate source-data tier first, then sorted as agreed, disagreed, and unknown. Unknown stays unknown when either side has no usable issue position. Radical anti-vibes technology.
User issue coverage
0/12
Candidate issue coverage
12/12
Comparable positions
0/12
Overall agreement
N/A
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Elections and democracy
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
high confidence • 3 evidence items
Source: Ballotpedia questionnaire
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Ballotpedia questionnaire answer indicates a stated position on Election integrity: Withdrawn or disqualified candidates Gary Votour (Workers Party) Democratic primary runoff election Democratic primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 22 Overture Walker defeated Ivory Thigpen in the Democratic primary runoff for South Carolina S
Public safety / crime
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Oppose
medium confidence • 2 evidence items
Source: Biography/context
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour has lower-tier biography/profile context related to Public safety; treat this as an inferred priority, not an explicit policy stance.
Abortion and reproductive rights
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
low confidence • 1 evidence item
Source: Party platform
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Abortion and reproductive rights; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Civil liberties and privacy
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
low confidence • 1 evidence item
Source: Party platform
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Civil liberties and privacy protections; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Cost of living / housing
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
low confidence • 1 evidence item
Source: Party platform
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Cost of living public intervention; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Education
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
low confidence • 1 evidence item
Source: Party platform
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Public education funding; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Environment and energy
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
low confidence • 1 evidence item
Source: Party platform
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Clean energy climate and environment; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Guns
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
low confidence • 1 evidence item
Source: Party platform
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Gun safety background checks and red flag laws; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Healthcare
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
low confidence • 1 evidence item
Source: Party platform
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Healthcare expansion; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Immigration
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
low confidence • 1 evidence item
Source: Party platform
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Pathway citizenship legal immigration; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Jobs and economy
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
low confidence • 1 evidence item
Source: Party platform
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Jobs and worker protections; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Taxes and spending
unknownYour position
Unknown
No saved official issue position for this issue
Candidate position
Support
medium confidence • 2 evidence items
Source: Party platform
Agreement
N/A
Gary Votour's Workers affiliation provides a Tier 4 low-confidence party-line fallback on Public investment and taxes; this is not candidate-specific evidence.
Voting record consistency
N/A
No sourced roll-call or official vote records are linked for this candidate yet.
Current polling numbers
Evidence record
Issue: Criminal justice reform and public safety accountability
“Workers party fallback supports Criminal justice reform and public safety accountability.”
Issue: Pathway citizenship legal immigration
“Workers party fallback supports Pathway citizenship legal immigration.”
Issue: Civil liberties and privacy protections
“Workers party fallback supports Civil liberties and privacy protections.”
Issue: Voting rights democracy and elections
“Workers party fallback supports Voting rights democracy and elections.”
Issue: Clean energy climate and environment
“Workers party fallback supports Clean energy climate and environment.”
Issue: Cost of living public intervention
“Workers party fallback supports Cost of living public intervention.”
Issue: Public investment and taxes
“Workers party fallback supports Public investment and taxes.”
Issue: Jobs and worker protections
“Workers party fallback supports Jobs and worker protections.”
Issue: Healthcare expansion
“Workers party fallback supports Healthcare expansion.”
Issue: Public education funding
“Workers party fallback supports Public education funding.”
Issue: Abortion and reproductive rights
“Workers party fallback supports Abortion and reproductive rights.”
Issue: Gun safety background checks and red flag laws
“Workers party fallback supports Gun safety background checks and red flag laws.”