For nearly a decade, with the smells of fresh manure and homemade shoofly pie in their nostrils, GOP operatives have worked diligently to register an under-courted voting bloc — the Amish.

This event sparked widespread concern in the Amish community, which saw it as emblematic of government overreach into their way of life. Traditionally averse to modern politics, the Amish felt ...

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 ...

And free rides to the polls on Election Day. The Republican Party and its allies are toiling to court Lancaster County’s potential Amish voters, as they seem to do every year. Researchers remain ...

He targeted labor unions, hunters and specifically Amish communities. For this last group he used the case of a local farmer whose dairy was raided by state authorities for selling raw milk ...

Martha Ross, who now makes TikTok videos about the Amish experience, says she doesn't miss anything about the lifestyle — except her family Zoey Lyttle is an Editorial Assistant at PEOPLE.

An Oct. 22 Threads post (direct link, archive link) includes a video slideshow of people posing with political signs reading "Amish for Trump." "180,000 registered New Amish voters in Lancaster ...

With only two weeks left until the presidential election, Amish communities are experiencing deja vu. That is because efforts are higher than ever to encourage voting among a population that’s ...

MOUNT HOPE, Ohio—At age 32, Ryan Hershberger has achieved success far beyond his modest roots. He launched a furniture business with two cousins a decade ago and now owns a company that ...

Can we have an Amish-inspired conversation about what we want these technologies to do for us, and if the transformations on the way are worth the cost?" Read the full essay from Prospect Magazine.

Christian faith, not politics, is what drives the Amish, who trace their roots to Switzerland, Germany and elsewhere in Europe and started arriving in Pennsylvania in the 18th century. They live ...