A new national survey from public opinion firm Harrisx suggests that U.S. voters are increasingly receptive to federal cryptocurrency legislation, with the proposed Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act of 2025 drawing majority support once respondents are given a neutral explanation of the bill. According to the poll, 52% of registered voters said they support the legislation after reviewing a policy summary, while 11% said they oppose it. The survey was conducted from May 1 to May 4, 2026, among 2,008 registered voters, with a reported margin of error of 2.2 percentage points.
Support Emerges Across Party Lines
One of the most notable findings is that support for the CLARITY Act did not appear confined to a single political bloc. Harrisx said Republicans, Democrats, independents, and likely midterm voters all backed the proposal by wide margins after reviewing a summary of the legislation. The strongest support came from crypto owners, voters already familiar with digital assets, and respondents who had previously heard of the CLARITY Act.
That said, awareness of the bill remains limited. 64% of respondents said they had not heard of the legislation before taking the survey. Another 14% said they had heard a lot about it, while 22% said they had heard a little. The poll therefore points to an important dynamic: once voters receive even a basic explanation of the bill, support rises, but public familiarity with the proposal is still relatively low.
Harrisx summarized the finding by noting that 52% support the CLARITY Act after a neutral description, while 11% oppose it. The firm also described the support as bipartisan and suggested that a large group of persuadable voters remains in the middle.
Crypto Familiarity Is Uneven, but Ownership Matters Politically
The survey also provides a broader snapshot of how digital assets are understood by the U.S. electorate. Harrisx found that 39% of voters say they are familiar with digital assets and blockchain technology, while 61% are not. Even so, crypto ownership is no longer a niche phenomenon in political terms. The survey found that two in five voters have purchased cryptocurrency at some point, and 30% said they bought crypto within the past year.
That familiarity and ownership are not evenly distributed. Harrisx said they are more concentrated among men and among voters under the age of 35. This matters because digital asset exposure increasingly overlaps with electoral behavior. As crypto ownership expands, regulation of the sector is becoming less of a specialized industry topic and more of a mainstream political issue.
The poll also found strong appetite for clearer rules. Seventy percent of respondents said the United States should already have passed clear cryptocurrency legislation, and 60% said they prefer federal legislation over a case-by-case enforcement approach. That finding goes directly to the heart of the current U.S. policy debate, where many in the industry have criticized regulation by enforcement and called for a formal market structure framework.
Offshore Exchanges Strengthen the Case for Federal Oversight
Concerns about offshore crypto activity appear to have made the case for federal legislation more compelling. Only about one-third of respondents knew that eight of the ten largest cryptocurrency exchanges are based outside the United States. After being informed of that fact, 46% said crypto trading beyond U.S. oversight is at least somewhat problematic. By contrast, only 13% said that situation is fine or even good.
This finding is especially relevant because the CLARITY Act is designed to address basic questions about who regulates what in the U.S. digital asset market. The bill would clarify whether the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has authority over different categories of digital assets. It would also establish registration rules for exchanges and custodians while setting consumer protection standards for the industry.
In effect, the poll suggests that voters may be more willing to support crypto legislation when the issue is framed not simply as market innovation, but as a question of domestic oversight, competitiveness, and public safeguards. Offshore concentration in trading venues appears to reinforce the view that the United States needs a more coherent regulatory framework rather than fragmented enforcement.
National Security and Dollar Leadership Are Powerful Arguments
Among the various arguments tested in the survey, national security and financial leadership carried the greatest persuasive force. Harrisx reported that 62% of respondents said it is important for the United States to set the global rules for digital finance. A separate 56% said that digital payment systems built and controlled outside the United States would weaken U.S. national security.
The survey also found that more than two in five voters believe the growing dominance of foreign-issued stablecoins would weaken the global role of the U.S. dollar. When respondents were asked which argument best supports passage of the CLARITY Act, the top answer, selected by 23%, was keeping the dollar and U.S. payment systems central to global finance. Law enforcement and illicit finance concerns followed at 17%, while consumer protection and fraud prevention ranked close behind at 16%.
These responses indicate that voters are not only thinking about crypto through the lens of speculation or technology. For many, the issue has become linked to broader strategic questions: who will build the infrastructure of digital finance, which jurisdiction will shape the rules, and whether the United States can preserve the central role of the dollar in an evolving payment system.
Crypto Regulation Could Influence the 2026 Midterms
The poll also suggests that digital asset policy may carry growing electoral significance heading into the 2026 midterm cycle. Harrisx found that 37% of voters would be more likely to support a senator who votes for the CLARITY Act, while 17% said they would be less likely to do so. That creates a net positive effect of 20 points. According to the survey, this positive effect was visible among Republicans, Democrats, and independents.
Another result may be even more politically meaningful: 47% of respondents said they would consider voting outside their preferred party if that candidate supported the CLARITY Act and their own party’s candidate did not. That finding suggests crypto policy could become a swing issue for a measurable portion of the electorate, particularly in closely contested races.
When asked more broadly about the importance of crypto regulation in the upcoming election cycle, 52% of voters said a candidate’s position on cryptocurrency regulation will be at least somewhat important to their vote in the 2026 midterms. Among crypto owners, that figure climbs sharply to 78%. The gap highlights how digital asset users may become a more activated voting bloc as legislative debates intensify.
Next Step: Senate Banking Committee Review
The timing of the poll adds to its significance. The findings were released as the U.S. Senate Banking Committee scheduled a May 14 executive session to consider the CLARITY Act. That markup is set to become the Senate’s first formal committee debate on the legislation and will determine whether the bill advances to a full Senate vote.
With voter support, national security messaging, and election-year relevance all coming into sharper focus, the CLARITY Act is emerging as more than a technical market structure proposal. The Harrisx survey suggests that a meaningful share of the public now sees crypto legislation as tied to consumer protection, federal oversight, U.S. competitiveness, and the future of American leadership in digital finance.
Whether that momentum is enough to carry the bill through Congress remains to be seen. But the poll makes one point clear: after years of fragmented debate, many voters now appear ready for Washington to move from enforcement battles to a clearer statutory framework for digital assets.