According to a new Morning Consult poll commissioned by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, Americans who own cryptocurrencies support Vice President Harris and former President Trump in equal numbers.
The poll, released Monday as part of Coinbase's third-quarter crypto landscape report, found that 47% of crypto holders plan to vote for Harris in the November election, while another 47% It turns out that they plan to vote for Trump.
Both Harris and Trump have sought to embrace the crypto community, as the industry argues that crypto holders represent a major voting bloc, especially in close elections.
According to a Coinbase report, of the 52 million U.S. adults who own cryptocurrencies, approximately 6.5 million live in seven battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Faryal Shirzad, chief policy officer at Coinbase, told The Hill that “cryptocurrency owners exist across a broad spectrum of the population, but there are large clusters of them in electorally important groups.”
About 95% of crypto holders surveyed by Morning Consult said they plan to vote in November, and 75% believe policymakers should ensure the country remains a leader in digital assets. I said yes.
A separate poll conducted by Impact Research on behalf of Coinbase earlier this year found that 67% of crypto holders in five battleground states: Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin favored a crypto-friendly candidate. They were found to be “enthusiastic” to vote.
“Within this very large group, there are some people who are motivated by cryptocurrencies as a voting issue, and there are demographic and geographic regions that are very important in closely contested election cycles. Some of them are from ,” Shirzad said.
President Trump once dismissed cryptocurrencies as a “scam,” but this term he has fully embraced the industry, vowing to make the United States the “crypto capital of the world” if re-elected in November. , launched a cryptocurrency project with his sons earlier this month.
Harris has taken a more cautious approach to cryptocurrencies than her opponents. In one of his strongest statements yet on the issue, the vice president said last week that he would “encourage innovative technologies like AI and digital assets while protecting investors and consumers.”
Her open stance on cryptocurrencies contrasts with the Biden administration's tense relationship with the industry, in part due to dissatisfaction with Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler's approach to crypto enforcement. It is.
The latest polling data comes from two Morning Consult surveys. The first was conducted between August 23 and 29 among 1,577 U.S. crypto holders and 10,771 U.S. adults, and had a margin of error of 1 to 2 percentage points.
The second survey was conducted between August 28 and 31 among 789 crypto holders and 2,407 US adults, and had a margin of error of 2 percentage points to 5 percentage points.
