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Surface Coal Mining

NAICS 212114 · 224 matched workers · high confidence

Strong Republican lean
34.9% Democratic, 65.1% Republican

Two-party shares across 224 workers in the Surface Coal Mining industry.

34.9%
65.1%
DemocraticRepublican
Imputed
33.3% D · 66.7% R
Includes lean for unaffiliated registrants
Hierarchy
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction › Coal Mining
NAICS2 21 · NAICS4 2121
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Where Surface Coal Mining falls

Among the most Republican-leaning industries in Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (94th percentile).

← DemocraticRepublican →Crude Petroleum Extraction — 40% DemocraticDrilling Oil and Gas Wells — 40% DemocraticSupport Activities for Oil and Gas Operations — 39% DemocraticNatural Gas Extraction — 38% DemocraticIron Ore Mining — 48% DemocraticOther Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying — 39% DemocraticConstruction Sand and Gravel Mining — 40% DemocraticCopper, Nickel, Lead, and Zinc Mining — 44% DemocraticOther Metal Ore Mining — 42% DemocraticGold Ore and Silver Ore Mining — 41% DemocraticOther Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying — 46% DemocraticCrushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying — 40% DemocraticUnderground Coal Mining — 28% DemocraticIndustrial Sand Mining — 45% DemocraticCrushed and Broken Granite Mining and Quarrying — 50% DemocraticSurface Coal Mining — 35% Democratic0%25%50%75%100%
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How this is measured

VRscores estimate the partisan composition of an industry by linking voter registration records to employment profiles, then aggregating workers up the NAICS hierarchy. The two-party shares above exclude workers with no major-party affiliation.

Read the full methodology or the published Organization Science paper.

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Citation

Kagan, Max; Frake, Justin; Hurst, Reuben (2026). “VRscores: A New Measure and Data Set of Workforce Politics Using Voter Registrations.” Organization Science, 37(2), 444–465.
https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2025.20402