Editing Coal County, Oklahoma (section)

==Politics==
Coal County is in many respects typical of Oklahoma politics. Once a predominantly [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] county, its elections have become dominated by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in recent years, although even today, Republicans only have a plurality in party registration. In 1972, [[Richard Nixon]] became the first Republican to ever carry the county in a presidential election,<ref>Mendedez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004''; pp. 281-283 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> and was the only one to do so until the 2000 election. Coal County extremely narrowly supported two Democrats amidst national Republican landslides: [[James M. Cox]] by 24 votes in 1920 and [[Walter Mondale]] by 25 votes in 1984. The county swung 41 points Republican in the 2008 presidential election, the largest swing of any county in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geographylists.com/list21i.html|title=Bonus List|last=Maxwell|first=Brandt|website=www.geographylists.com|access-date=March 28, 2018}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of April 30, 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Voter Registration Totals |url=https://stats.okelections.us/ |website=OK Elections Interactive Statistics Beta |access-date=25 June 2023 |date=May 31, 2023}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Number of Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | 1,354
| align = center | 35.93%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | 1,897
| align = center | 50.35%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| align = center | 20
| align = center | 0.53%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Others
| align = center | 497
| align = center | 13.19%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | 3,768
! align = center | 100.00%
|}

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,155|345|38|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,091|374|59|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|1,898|411|90|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,710|649|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,672|600|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,396|1,203|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,196|1,148|18|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|734|1,205|337|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|714|1,448|638|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|891|1,365|14|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|1,259|1,284|21|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|926|1,442|63|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|769|1,774|23|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,461|680|38|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|669|963|625|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|721|1,613|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,019|1,269|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|920|1,596|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,106|1,755|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|464|2,124|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|760|1,959|5|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,148|2,377|10|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|603|2,550|7|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|300|2,788|0|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,283|1,681|32|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|800|1,772|607|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,744|1,768|485|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|824|1,418|588|Oklahoma}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|571|1,109|574|Oklahoma}}
{{PresFoot|1908|Democratic|722|906|524|Oklahoma}}