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   From: thanksamish@saving.usa   
      
   Republicans could see a boost in Pennsylvania from a demographic rarely   
   seen at the polls: the Amish.   
      
   The state’s famed “Pennsylvania Dutch” registered to vote in   
   “unprecedented numbers” in response to a January federal raid on a local   
   raw milk farm in Bird in Hand, Pa., a source familiar with the situation   
   told The Post.   
      
   The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture stormed Amos Miller’s farm Jan.   
   4 after reports of illnesses in children linked to raw dairy products   
   purchased there, according to the local media outlet Lancaster Farming.   
      
   The Amish community saw the move as an overzealous reach by the government   
   and was planning to vote for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump,   
   whose party favors less government intervention.   
      
   “That was the impetus for them to say, ‘We need to participate,’ ” the   
   source said of local Amish voters. “This is about neighbors helping   
   neighbors.”   
      
   The Amish community rallied around Miller, who cited his religious beliefs   
   as a reason for not adhering to Food and Drug Administration guidelines.   
      
   “If you think about Amish people and their connection to nature, I mean,   
   some of these people work in the fields barefoot to be closer to the   
   earth,” the source told The Post.   
      
   Actual numbers of Amish voters were unclear as of Tuesday night, though   
   horse-and-buggy rigs were seen at polling locations in photographs from   
   the region.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2024/11/05/us-news/amish-turn-out-for-pennsylvania-   
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