{"id":19724,"date":"2026-05-05T04:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/crypto-ranks-last-with-us-voters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:11:22","slug":"crypto-ranks-last-with-us-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/crypto-ranks-last-with-us-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"crypto ranks last with US voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/app\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Greenland_together_with_Top_Universities_and_Concordium_Blockchain_is_investigating_the_possibilities_of_a_blockchain-based_election_system_in_the_country.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">US voters ranked crypto last among election priorities in an April poll of 1,000 registered Americans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_9c9c8e30b40020c192a89bbbe64c09bc\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Just 1% of registered US voters named crypto their top concern; only 3% called it the single most important 2026 midterm issue.<\/li>\n<li>Majorities of independents, Democrat-leaning voters, and base Democrats all held unfavorable views of cryptocurrency in the poll.<\/li>\n<li>Despite low priority rankings, 22% said crypto is an important issue and 40% would vote for a candidate aligned on digital assets.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Public Opinion Strategies conducted the poll in late April on behalf of CoinDesk, surveying 1,000 randomly selected registered US voters with a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.53%. <\/p>\n<p>Respondents were evenly split between Republican and Democratic identifiers at 41% each. As crypto.news <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/crypto-market-midterms-may-kill-clarity-act\/\">reported<\/a>, TD Cowen had already warned that the 2026 midterm cycle could push the CLARITY Act \u201coff the congressional calendar until 2027,\u201d framing voter indifference as a direct threat to industry legislative goals.<\/p>\n<p>The sentiment numbers were broadly negative outside the GOP base. Independents viewed crypto unfavorably at 48% versus 27% favorably. Democratic-leaning voters were 54% unfavorable to 26% favorable.<\/p>\n<p>Only Republican leaners produced a slight net positive at 41% to 39%. TraderSunion <a href=\"https:\/\/tradersunion.com\/news\/financial-news\/show\/1984588-us-voters-rank-crypto-low-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">noted<\/a> that 62% of respondents said they did not trust the Trump administration to oversee the crypto sector.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the numbers mean for the industry<\/h3>\n<p>AI fared better in the same survey, with 46% favorable versus 45% unfavorable, a net positive that crypto has not achieved. Just 27% of respondents said they had ever invested, traded, or used cryptocurrency, while another 27% said they had not but might one day.<\/p>\n<p>Digital Chamber CEO Cody Carbone has said \u201cthere are outstanding sticking points, but that shouldn\u2019t slow down the process\u201d on the CLARITY Act. As crypto.news <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/senate-crypto-bill-faces-make-or-break-test-as-midterms-and-mica-loom\/\">documented<\/a>, that sentiment sits against a political backdrop where voter indifference to crypto limits the electoral cost of blocking legislation entirely.<\/p>\n<p>As crypto.news <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/crypto-pac-reverses-course-after-gop-concern-over-texas-race\/\">tracked<\/a>, crypto groups spent roughly $120 to $130 million in the 2024 elections, with 2026 spending expected to exceed that. As crypto.news <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/bitcoin-price-us-midterm-elections-binance-2026\/\">noted<\/a>, Binance Research found midterm years historically produce average Bitcoin declines of roughly 56%, with a recovery typically following once election results reduce policy uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/crypto-ranks-last-with-us-voters\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US voters ranked crypto last among election priorities in an April poll of 1,000 registered Americans. Summary Just 1% of registered US voters named crypto their top concern; only 3% called it the single most important 2026 midterm issue. Majorities of independents, Democrat-leaning voters, and base Democrats all held unfavorable views of cryptocurrency in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"kronos_expire_date":[],"class_list":["post-19724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19724"},{"taxonomy":"kronos_expire_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kronos_expire_date?post=19724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}