A secretive Republican group called Amish PAC ended the election cycle with money in its pocket

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A Super PAC founded by Trump-supporting Republicans who tried to make inroads with Amish voters in Pennsylvania has ended the 2020 cycle in the black. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has finished down more than 65,000 votes in the state so far.

Amish PAC, funded in large part by a secretive Colorado billionaire and a Louisiana-based oil executive, was created during the 2016 Republican primary by a pair of GOP strategists. One of them was a former member of the socially conservative community, who saw an opportunity for voter outreach.

"The PAC's founders saw that the GOP was doing nothing to reach out to a large and growing potential voting bloc that shared its values of limited government, focus on rural issues and small business empowerment, and saw a need to engage them," a PAC spokesperson told Salon in an email.

The spokesperson said "the team has since changed a bit" since then. Both co-founders — Ben Walters and Ben King — are no longer active members of the PAC.

https://www.salon.com/2020/11/15/a-secretive-republican-group-called-amish-pac-ended-the-election-cycle-with-money-in-its-pocket/

[DURHAM D]

1. Would love to know what percentage of Amish vote in federal elections.

I know they are more likely to vote in local elections and often skip state and federal elections. I remember when zero Amish registered to vote. Also curious about number/percentage of women who are registered.

[lettucebe]

2. How exactly do you advertise to the Amish?

Asking for a friend.

[abqtommy]

3. I'd print handbills and knock on doors. That's how it was done before high tech, by heck!

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Like this

(from 2016)



(from 2020)



From what I read about 2016, they got about 1000 votes from that community (there are about 33,000 in Lancaster County).

[Karma13612]

4. Can't believe the Amish would want to

Affiliate with billionaires and big oil.

They have no need for either.
Yea, they use gas for some of there simple motors acceptable to their sect, but they espouse money and all the trappings.

We live in an area in NY-21 that is heavily Amish. Sure they are anti-big government. And not very progressive by nature, but they are not Trump Republicans.

[JI7]

6. They usually vote Republican over social issues .