Voters who own crypto are more likely to favor Trump, poll says. After calling crypto a 'scam', Trump took aim at the industry. Those who don't have crypto will love Harris.
Former President Donald Trump's expansion into the crypto industry is working, according to a Pol Fairleigh Dickinson University has picked up Vice President Kamala Harris leading crypto owners in the presidential race.
According to FDU's national poll, Trump leads Harris by 12 points in 2021, 50% to 38% among voters who are crypto-friendly despite denouncing crypto as a “scam.”
“Trump has reached out to the crypto community, and it seems to be paying off,” said Dan Cassino, professor of government and politics at Fairleigh Dickinson and executive director of the poll. “It's easy to dismiss them as worthless, but I don't think people realize how widespread crypto ownership is.”
In a poll of registered voters, 15% said they currently or previously owned crypto, NFTs or similar digital products; 80% said they don't have such assets and 4% don't know.
last week, News Trump reportedly promoted a crypto project called “The Defiant Ones” with a post on his Truth social platform. “For too long, the average American has been crushed by big banks and financial elites. It's time we take a stand — together,” Trump wrote, though he offered few details.
And last month the former president addressed the world's largest bitcoin conference in Nashville, saying that if elected in November, he would not sell any of the US government's holdings of bitcoin, which is about $14 billion, depending on market fluctuations. “It will serve as the core of a strategic national bitcoin stockpile” News He was quoted as saying.
Still, Harris leads the FDU poll by 12 points among those who say they don't own crypto, 53% to 41%.
The poll was conducted in English from August 17-20 using a nationwide list of registered voters, resulting in a total sample of 801 people.
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