Curiosity of Amish voting impact continues

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-28 17:41:17 | Updated at 2024-11-28 19:56:49 2 hours ago

Curiosity of Amish voting impact continues
The Center Square ^ | 11/28/24 | Shirleen Guerra

Posted on 11/28/2024 9:38:56 AM PST by CFW

The Amish vote received significant attention throughout the 2024 election cycle as Republican activists worked to mobilize the traditionally low-turnout group.

As the frenzy settles, curiosity about its impact continues.

The hyper-focus was fueled by extensive communities in battleground states, most of all Pennsylvania. It was also an opportunity to bring the historically politically adverse and traditionalist culture under the Grand Old Party’s umbrella.

Some Amish refrain from voting due to beliefs emphasizing separation from "worldly" influences, though a desire for religious freedom and protection from government overreach has drawn more to the polls in recent years.

Republican U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson, whose district encompasses the largest Amish settlement in Ohio’s Holmes County, told The Center Square that the community doesn’t see things all that differently.

"The Amish community wants the same things most Americans want: lower prices, fewer heavy-handed government mandates, and policies guided by common sense – not woke ideologies,” he said. “It’s that simple.”

As previously reported by The Center Square, it's difficult to estimate how many members of the Amish community vote. Nearly 400,000 exist nationwide across 654 individual settlements.

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Politifact reported said claims of nearly 180,000 Amish registered voters were far-fetched.

Though data on Amish voter turnout in the 2024 election isn't fully available yet, Republican organizers used creative outreach methods this year, such as in-person engagement at local fairs, billboards, ads and mail-in ballot education.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecentersquare.com ...

TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: amish; elections; presler; voting

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I can't believe The Center Square is quoting Politifact as if it is a reliable source.

I notice the article doesn't mention Scot Presler, who traveled to the Amish communities and spent time with the people encouraging them to vote. According to him he registered quite a number and also helped in getting them to the polls in order to cast their ballots. The election was close in PA. I think the Amish probably did make a difference.

1 posted on 11/28/2024 9:38:56 AM PST by CFW

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