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Those would be the producers. Who are the consumers? States that have a large number of coal fired power plants?, etc.?

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Those would be the producers. Who are the consumers?

The five largest coal consumers are in order: Texas (Red/Red), Indiana(Blue/Red), Pennsylvania (B/B), Ohio(B/B) and Illinois(B/B). Use is much closer than production; Illinois uses slightly more than half as much coal as Texas. Details Here.

The seven largest coal consumers (Per capita) are in order: North Dakota(R/R), Wyoming(R/R) (By a huge margin) then Indiana(B/R), Kentucky(R/R), New Mexico(B/B), Alabama(R/R), and Iowa (B/B). Details Here.

All very interesting. It would appear that coal producers for the most part recognized 0bama as the enemy. Coal consumers (who may not even realize they're coal consumers) had a poorer record of recognizing their enemy.