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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

the Amish??

i have to admit, i never thought they got involved in the politics of the country

welcome aboard the Trump train


5 posted on 07/26/2016 10:32:38 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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Good question... I googled “do Amish vote” and the answer is that of course they legally may, but they are not all united on one philosophy about whether to do it.


20 posted on 07/26/2016 10:41:03 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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Even the Amish can see how this country is down in the toilet and how the culture and the leftist devils are threatening their religious life and freedoms.


22 posted on 07/26/2016 10:42:23 AM PDT by bkopto
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They are involved because their lively hood in dairy and furniture has been under assault with regulations they have to take a stand or NOT survive!!!


32 posted on 07/26/2016 10:51:31 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: sten
Various brands of Amish. It is interesting that Ohio and Pennsylvania have the two highest populations in the country. There are also significant populations in Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.

My rough guess is that about 40% of them might be persuaded to vote, overwhelmingly the men. George W. Bush's campaign made significant effort in 2004 and got maybe half that number.

At the time, most of them offered to pray for him but weren't much interested in registering to vote. Things may have changed a lot in 12 years.

Most Amish understand that they need to make minor compromises to live in modern era. They can use power tools as long as someone else owns them. They can even have phones as long as it is a community type phone in a booth outside their homes. That includes mobile as well as landlines.

They still have large families and the custom of sending their kids out to live among the English (non-Amish) for two years as they reach adulthood. Those who decide not to return face considerably less shunning (ostracism) as in the past. On the contrary, many become valuable contacts to promote more business opportunities with the non-Amish world. This includes a lot, lot more than building barns and selling agricultural produce now.

43 posted on 07/26/2016 11:07:44 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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GW got their endorsement years ago. The FedGov has been after them for a long time. Water, milk, not hiring pickers, EPA, etc. This is probably their way of fighting back.


55 posted on 07/26/2016 11:51:05 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: sten
the Amish?? i have to admit, i never thought they got involved in the politics of the country welcome aboard the Trump train

That was my reaction

61 posted on 07/26/2016 12:07:04 PM PDT by rdl6989
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