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Amish voters turnout unprecedented numbers key swing state [Video]

A new report has found that Republicans could see a boost in support from a demographic that rarely shows up to vote at the polls on election days.

The New York Post reported on Tuesday that the “Pennsylvania Dutch” community in Pennsylvania has registered to vote in “unprecedented numbers” in response to a January federal raid on a local raw milk farm in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania.

According to Lancaster Farming, a local media outlet, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture stormed Amos Miller’s farm on Jan. 4 after reports of illnesses in children linked to raw dairy products purchased there.

The report from the Post, which cited a source familiar with the matter, noted that because of the raid, the Amish community was planning to vote for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. The reasoning for the support for Trump is because they feel his party favors less government intervention and they viewed the raid as an overreach by …

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