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EAST LAMPETER, Pa. — They don’t email or tweet, Facebook or blog. They don’t follow TV news or YouTube, or know a viral moment from a head cold. They do not play casino slots or golf. Bankruptcy is anathema, a sign of shirked responsibility. A divorce is a ticket out of the fold.

All of which raises the question: So can the Amish — ruled by mores of 16th century Anabaptist Christianity — be persuaded to vote for Donald Trump?

Amish PAC, a first-of-its-kind political action committee, is trying. Its “Plain Voters Project” has targeted Pennsylvania’s estimated 35,000 eligible Amish voters, most in Lancaster County, and a like-size bloc in Holmes County, Ohio. Together, the two counties are home to half of the nation’s 300,000 Amish people.

“If the Amish were high-propensity voters, there wouldn’t be a need for Amish PAC. But they are not,” said Ben Walters, who co-founded the Virginia-based group with donors to Republican Ben Carson’s presidential campaign.

In the 2004 presidential race 13 percent of Lancaster County Amish age 18 and older voted. Amish PAC says Trump can do better.

An estimated 93 percent of Amish voters are Republican. “When [the Amish] vote, they vote for individual rights, personal responsibility, less government, lower taxes, and to protect their right to bear arms,” Walters said. “And they are coming around to Trump.”