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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (CBS) — An unusual get-out-the-vote effort is under way in Pennsylvania today, and, it’s going on just outside Philadelphia. Hundreds of volunteers from the Amish PAC are fanning out across Lancaster County, driving to farms and encouraging a population that shuns technology and the outside world to come out to the polls. Keep reading... Via Fox News
The Amish could be trading their buggies for rides in cars Tuesday, as a political action committee is seeking drivers to get them to the polls. A pro-Trump political action committee has been trying to mobilize the reclusive group for the election, and in a battleground state like Pennsylvania, they could form a legitimate voting bloc. Amish PAC is hoping some of the state's 69,000 adherents will cast ballots - if they can get to the polls. Keep reading... Via Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Donald Trump is gaining a lot of support from the Amish, so Stephen checks in with Zachariah Miller live from Amish country. Watch here... Via NPR Marketplace
A super PAC with an allegiance to Donald Trump has been courting Pennsylvania's Amish community. The Amish, who embrace simple living and reject modern conveniences, have historically been supportive of Republicans. But Trump isn't a conventional Republican nominee, said the Economist Magazine's Rosemarie Ward. Keep reading... Via USA Today
In one sliver of one battleground state lives a cluster of conservative residents who don't follow Donald Trump on Twitter, won't tune into one of his raucous televised rallies or watch Wednesday’s presidential debate. Keep reading... Via Al-Jazeera
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Along a country road in Lancaster, a county in south central Pennsylvania, a young boy dressed in a pale blue shirt, black suspenders and a broad straw hat draws his horse and cart towards the town centre. Among the farmlands and barn houses, a blue and white sign stands out in the otherwise pastoral setting: Trump, Pence - Make America Great Again. Keep reading... Via WITF
With Election Day less than two months away, the Trump campaign is doubling down its efforts in Pennsylvania. The commonwealth is on the short list of states the Republican has to win in order to clinch the election. Donald Trump is currently lagging in state polls, though the margin may be shrinking. But his campaign is hoping turning out more people who don't vote regularly may help him. One pro-Trump PAC is taking that idea to the extreme. It's targeting a voting group that doesn't even use the internet--the Amish. Keep reading... Via CBS 21
LANCASTER, Pa. The race for the White House continues heating up and once again Pennsylvania is in the spotlight, as the candidates fight to win the Keystone State. One community being courted is the Amish. The Amish vote could be the wild card in November for a Trump victory in Pennsylvania. At least that is what the people in the Amish PAC want. Keep reading... Via Amish America
Tired of presidential election coverage? Well that makes two of us. But I feel the Amish vote topic, which we touched on in the spring, is worth revisiting for a couple of reasons. Keep reading... Via Breitbart
Amish PAC, which aims to motivate Amish and Mennonite voters to participate in the election, launched a newspaper ad in Lancaster Farming, which is widely read by the Amish in Pennsylvania. Keep reading... |
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