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The Amish Don't Vote. Why This Year Could
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Posted By: Imright, 11/3/2024 3:01:11 AM

The Amish traditionally don’t vote in presidential elections due to their faith-based beliefs and Christianity’s historic separatism from mainstream society. Still, this year brings a whole new ball game as the candidates seek support from the horse and buggy riding group. Since the Amish are a reliably conservative group given their faith-based convictions, reluctance to engage with people outside of their culture and lack of eagerness to conform to modern-day technology, the group can drastically shift the outcome of some rural states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin. A report from Elizabethtown College recorded that about 90,000 Amish live in Pennsylvania, 84,000 live in Ohio, 26,365 live in Wisconsin,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: chumley 11/3/2024 6:18:15 AM (No. 1825103)
We have a very large Amish community here, and I find them interesting. They do the buggy and straw hat thing, but they also find ways around their own rules. They cant use power tools, but they can and do hire people to come out to their job sites and use them. Same with driving. They cant drive, but they can have other people drive them around. At some point the rules are meaningless and they just wear the costumes for the tourists to gawk at. Using a voting machine is not a great departure.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: privateer 11/3/2024 6:32:37 AM (No. 1825112)
If they don't vote, are they registered to vote? I guess they could just do same-day registration, like the illegals and bussed in New Yorkers.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Strike3 11/3/2024 7:21:55 AM (No. 1825143)
Most of them are too busy hijacking cars and grabbing purses.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: 3XALADY 11/3/2024 7:31:25 AM (No. 1825158)
I remember some time last year the government interfered with them about using or selling milk, not sure what the issue was. Maybe this was what made them get off the fence.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: downnout 11/3/2024 7:38:44 AM (No. 1825164)
The Amish don’t need the government - which is why the government harasses them.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: padiva 11/3/2024 8:39:12 AM (No. 1825200)
#4 I think it had to do with raw milk. How many Amish would lose their farms with the unrealized gains tax?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 11/3/2024 9:19:41 AM (No. 1825224)
Many evangelical white Christians don't vote either and aren't even registered to vote.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: mariboo72 11/3/2024 12:24:45 PM (No. 1825337)
#3 The Amish!!??? I'm a bit skeptical about this. We visit Amish country often and I know that some have become less strict. Maybe some of them will vote, but I doubt that many will. The photos of the young people holding Trump flags and the decorated Amish buggy look fake to me.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: mossley 11/3/2024 1:12:32 PM (No. 1825360)
Whenever dealing with the Amish, the first thing to remember is they have no central structure. Each community appoints elders to act as bishops, so each community has their own rules they live by. The strict Old Order Amish will go to jail instead of putting a reflective triangle on their buggies. Others rent propane powered Bobcats when they have some heavy work needed done. That said, I live in the middle of Amish country, and they vote in this community. Abortion, especially, is a hot topic with them.
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