Former President Donald Trump’s involvement within the cryptocurrency neighborhood considerably will increase his possibilities of profitable the 2024 presidential election, in keeping with a Fairleigh Dickinson College (FDU) ballot launched Aug. 30.
In accordance with the FDU ballot, Trump holds a major lead amongst voters who personal cryptocurrencies and associated property, giving him a 12-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris within the 2024 US presidential election.
In accordance with the ballot:
“Trump has a 12-point lead amongst voters who personal cryptocurrency (50-38), whereas Harris has a 12-point lead amongst voters who don’t personal cryptocurrency (53-41).”
Dan Cassino, a professor of political science at Fairleigh Dickinson College and govt director of the ballot, emphasised that Trump's outreach to the crypto neighborhood seems to be paying off, noting that crypto's underlying ideology, which is rooted in mistrust of present energy constructions, aligns with Trump's political message.
Cryptocurrency holders in america
The survey additionally discovered that 15% of registered U.S. voters personal cryptocurrencies, NFTs or related digital property, a gaggle made up primarily of males, youthful voters, and racial minorities.
The ballot additionally confirmed that Republicans are barely extra prone to personal cryptocurrencies than Democrats, however this doesn't absolutely clarify the 24-point distinction in approval of the president between cryptocurrency house owners and non-owners.
Apparently, people throughout the political spectrum – that’s, those that determine themselves as liberal, average, conservative, progressive, or MAGA supporters – are equally prone to report proudly owning digital property.
Cassano stated:
“The truth that cryptocurrency holders are usually not conservatives, liberals or MAGA supporters means they’re up for grabs, and in what is predicted to be an in depth election, they’re too large a gaggle to disregard.”
President Trump's cryptocurrency strikes
President Trump has aggressively positioned himself because the pro-cryptocurrency candidate in current months, in distinction to Vice President Harris, and has launched a number of initiatives to bolster this picture, together with his just lately launched fourth non-fungible token (NFT) mission.
Previous to this transfer, the previous president turned the primary main presidential candidate to just accept a crypto donation in Could, and in July, he was the primary visitor at an important Bitcoin occasion of the yr in Nashville, Tennessee, the place he pledged to make BTC a Federal Reserve asset.
