Editing Okeechobee County, Florida (section)

==Politics==
Prior to the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act]], Okeechobee County followed the [[Solid South]] pattern of voting Democratic, making an exception in [[1928 United States presidential election in Florida|1928]] amidst [[Southern US|Southern]] skepticism to Democrat [[Al Smith]]'s [[Northern US|Northern]] [[Catholicism]]. The only non-Republicans to carry Okeechobee County at the presidential level after [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[1960 United States presidential election in Florida|1960]] were Independent segregationist [[George Wallace]] of [[Alabama]] (which borders Florida) in [[1968 United States presidential election in Florida|1968]] as well as Southern Democrats [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia, USA|Georgia]] (another neighboring state of Florida; [[1976 United States presidential election in Florida|1976]] and [[1980 United States presidential election in Florida|1980]]) and [[Bill Clinton]] of [[Arkansas]] ([[1992 United States presidential election in Florida|1992]] and [[1996 United States presidential election in Florida|1996]]).

Today, Okeechobee County — in line with other Florida Heartland counties — is a rock-ribbed Republican stronghold, with the last Democratic presidential candidate to win the county being Clinton in 1996, the last to be competitive in the county being [[Al Gore]] in [[2000 United States presidential election in Florida|2000]] (who lost the county by less than 5%), the last to win at least 40% of the county vote being [[John Kerry]] in [[2004 United States presidential election in Florida|2004]], and the last to win so much as 30% of the vote being [[Barack Obama]] in [[2012 United States presidential election in Florida|2012]].
{{PresHead|place=Okeechobee County, Florida|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|12,315|3,671|110|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|11,470|4,390|124|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|9,356|3,959|446|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|7,328|4,856|183|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|7,561|5,108|170|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|6,978|5,153|59|Florida}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|5,057|4,589|208|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,418|4,826|1,697|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|3,298|3,418|2,654|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,736|3,007|48|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,449|2,226|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,783|3,228|199|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,598|3,184|43|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,581|621|1|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|862|542|1,604|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,316|1,016|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|631|1,125|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|575|835|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|539|881|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|179|784|85|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|119|753|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|122|822|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|186|655|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|90|802|0|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|657|287|10|Florida}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|57|182|33|Florida}}
{{PresFoot|1920|Democratic|58|237|69|Florida}}

===Voter registration===
According to the Secretary of State's office, Republicans are a majority of registered voters in Okeechobee County.
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Okeechobee County Voter Registration & Party Enrollment as of July 31, 2022<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reports/voter-registration-by-county-and-party/|title=Voter Registration - By County and Party |website=www.dos.myflorida.com|language=en-US|access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Political Party
! Total Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | 11,423
| align = center | 50.68%
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | 6,211
| align = center | 27.55%
|-
| {{party color cell|No party (United States)}}
| No party affiliation 
| align = center | 4,550
| align = center | 20.19%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Minor parties 
| align = center | 355
| align = center | 1.58%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | 22,539
! align = center | 100.00%
|}