Why the frustrated Amish turned out for Trump in Pennsylvania

Published November 10, 2024 9:00am ET



The Amish might have gotten with the times and tried to play a role in President-elect Donald Trump’s crushing 2024 victory because of a government raid on a farm earlier this year.

Trump’s victory was secured when he won the largest swing state’s 19 electoral votes after losing it in 2020. According to former Trump adviser Jan Halper-Hayes, conservative activist Scott Pressley registered 180,000 new Amish voters, though this is certainly an overestimate as Pennsylvania’s Amish population is around 92,000, according to the Young Center’s research.

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