On a tiny bit more serious note, the major characteristic of the Amish vote is that...Amish don't vote. The Bush campaign made a big Amish GOTV effort in rural Ohio, and that helped tip the state to Bush in 2004. So...as go the Amish, so goes Ohio so goes the nation. (Well, not really, but not too far from it.)
I'm told that that's an urban legend. In fact, the amish have extremely high rates of cognitive disability, because their gene pool is so small, and apparently harbors some nasty recessives.
Yes, the Amish generally abstain from voting, but I read in 2004 that an outreach was made to them on the grounds that Bush was a man of faith who shared their traditional family values and opposition to gays, and they responded to that.
That story pretty much eviscerates any "Aaron's Way" mythology about superior common sense or wisdom.
Excellent question!
I bet they're for Ron Paul.
I wouldn't put it past Hillary to have run push polls asking about Obama's proposed plan ban on group handicrafting.
Is voting even part of their culcha? They seem to renounce most of the modern/material world.
Judging by the Lancaster County results, they went for Obama and McCain. ;)
On a tiny bit more serious note, the major characteristic of the Amish vote is that...Amish don't vote. The Bush campaign made a big Amish GOTV effort in rural Ohio, and that helped tip the state to Bush in 2004. So...as go the Amish, so goes Ohio so goes the nation. (Well, not really, but not too far from it.)
I know you're joking, but most Pennsylvania Dutch are barred from joke, as it is proud.
You can always tell which way the Amish went by the clip-clopping of horses hooves. (The Amish do vote for whoever seems most pacifistic.)
Darn!
If the campaigns have been a little more clever, they could have ran a Jim Jones or David Koresh... and cleaned up the Amish vote.
They went anti-vaccination. While correlation is not causation, they also have a many fewer incidences of autism.
I asked the same question (offline) several minutes before you posted that.
I know you're joking, but most Pennsylvania Dutch are barred from joke, as it is proud.
Posted by Freddie | April 22, 2008 10:26 PM
This is our Educator?
Pennsylvania Dutch and Amish are not synonyms for the same group of people..
Freddie:
"I know you're joking, but most Pennsylvania Dutch are barred from joke, as it is proud."
If you're talking about the Pennsylvania Dutch, that should be "choke."
I'm told that that's an urban legend. In fact, the amish have extremely high rates of cognitive disability, because their gene pool is so small, and apparently harbors some nasty recessives.
Yes, the Amish generally abstain from voting, but I read in 2004 that an outreach was made to them on the grounds that Bush was a man of faith who shared their traditional family values and opposition to gays, and they responded to that.
That story pretty much eviscerates any "Aaron's Way" mythology about superior common sense or wisdom.