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Crypto Voters Lean Towards Trump in the Upcoming Election, New Poll Reveals
- As the election race heats up, a poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University showed Donald Trump taking a handy lead over Harris among crypto voters.
- 50% of respondents who own (or have owned) digital assets said they planned to vote for Trump, compared to just 38% responding with Harris.
- The results were flipped for non-crypto voters, with 53% pro-Harris while 41% were leaning toward Trump.
- Crypto voters may have a big say in the upcoming election, with the poll showing about 15% of people in the US own, or have owned, digital assets.
It appears that Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed position as the “crypto president” of the United States is starting to rub off on voters. The Republican candidate has spent a significant portion of his campaign efforts to woo the crypto community – and they are starting to pay off.
Trump is building a handy rap sheet of pro-digital asset moves since he spectacularly embraced the asset class earlier this year, including:
- Promising a US Bitcoin Reserve
- Appearing as a keynote speaker at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference
- Declaring the US will become the mining capital of the world
- Pledging to remove Gary Gensler (SEC Chair) if necessary
Related: Donald Trump to Soon Reveal Plan to Make US The ‘Crypto Capital of The Planet’
Trump Holds Significant Lead Among Crypto Owners
A recent survey from Fairleigh Dickinson University revealed that Trump was getting through to his target. Approximately 50% of respondents who did hold crypto said they’d vote in favour of Trump, compared to just 38% for Kamala Harris.
These results aren’t particularly surprising, given the current Democrat Government’s rocky relationship with digital currencies. Many in the community also believe that a Trump victory would have a better short-term impact on the market due to his promised pro-crypto policy changes.
Crypto Community Holds More Sway Than Many Anticipate
Trump has been reaching out to the crypto community, and it seems to have paid off…It might be easy to dismiss them as insignificant, but I don’t think people realize exactly how widespread crypto ownership is.
Dan Cassino, Executive Director of the Poll According to the poll’s results, about 15% of the 800 surveyed said they either own, or once owned, digital currencies – in line with previous studies suggesting about 16% of US citizens own digital assets.
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Interestingly, among non-crypto holders the survey’s results were turned on their head. 53% of non-crypto owners planned to vote for Harris, while just 41% responded with Trump.
The Republicans have made cryptocurrency the key to the upcoming presidential election – and for the time being, it looks like it’s working.
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Ben Knight
Ben Knight is a writer and editor from Melbourne with a passion for all things music and finance. He enjoys turning complex topics – especially the technical details of cryptocurrency – into digestible bites that anybody can understand. He acquired his Master’s in Writing, Editing and Publishing from RMIT in 2019 and has run his own creative writing business ever since.
