Sharia Law: 43% of Youngest Voters Like It - Demographics
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| National Survey of 1,026 U.S. Likely Voters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted September 20, 2026 by Our Republic and Rasmussen Reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Religion | Live | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-24 | 25-29 | 30-35 | 35-39 | 40+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Ind/Other | Very conservative | Somewhat conservative | Moderate | Somewhat liberal | Very liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Muslim | Atheist | Other | Not sure | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural area | Not sure | ||
| Sharia is a system of Islamic religious principles and law. Do you have a positive or negative opinion about sharia? | Mostly positive | 7% | 9% | 5% | 12% | 15% | 15% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 15% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 2% | 6% | 9% | 16% | 19% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 16% | 10% | 6% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 0% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 48% | 17% | 8% | 1% | 15% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 1% | 0% |
| Somewhat positive | 14% | 14% | 14% | 31% | 24% | 21% | 15% | 11% | 13% | 24% | 11% | 8% | 17% | 10% | 15% | 8% | 13% | 16% | 19% | 16% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 19% | 14% | 9% | 6% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 29% | 11% | 15% | 12% | 21% | 27% | 24% | 13% | 10% | 20% | 12% | 11% | 17% | 11% | 7% | |
| Somewhat negative | 14% | 13% | 16% | 15% | 17% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 23% | 14% | 2% | 20% | 10% | 14% | 6% | 12% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 11% | 18% | 21% | 13% | 12% | 3% | 3% | 12% | 14% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 0% | 12% | 13% | 18% | 10% | 0% | 17% | 17% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 22% | 17% | 11% | 0% | |
| Mostly negative | 43% | 48% | 38% | 21% | 19% | 27% | 43% | 48% | 47% | 13% | 37% | 66% | 22% | 66% | 41% | 76% | 63% | 30% | 16% | 23% | 13% | 34% | 43% | 47% | 44% | 55% | 30% | 40% | 46% | 35% | 49% | 42% | 71% | 57% | 44% | 47% | 43% | 17% | 21% | 36% | 19% | 33% | 43% | 41% | 43% | 56% | 10% | |
| Not sure | 22% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 26% | 24% | 22% | 21% | 20% | 32% | 24% | 19% | 33% | 10% | 22% | 4% | 10% | 28% | 39% | 25% | 48% | 30% | 18% | 17% | 19% | 21% | 42% | 31% | 19% | 24% | 18% | 26% | 0% | 13% | 23% | 18% | 21% | 9% | 21% | 26% | 57% | 18% | 26% | 19% | 18% | 21% | 83% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Religion | Live | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-24 | 25-29 | 30-35 | 35-39 | 40+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Ind/Other | Very conservative | Somewhat conservative | Moderate | Somewhat liberal | Very liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Muslim | Atheist | Other | Not sure | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural area | Not sure | ||
| Would you support a law that requires public schools to teach kids about the benefits of sharia law? | Yes | 8% | 9% | 7% | 24% | 31% | 19% | 11% | 3% | 5% | 19% | 17% | 9% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 17% | 6% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 2% | 19% | 11% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 0% | 12% | 4% | 7% | 16% | 66% | 2% | 7% | 1% | 15% | 7% | 10% | 6% | 1% | 0% |
| No | 76% | 77% | 75% | 54% | 53% | 65% | 74% | 81% | 83% | 52% | 56% | 80% | 65% | 84% | 80% | 89% | 84% | 78% | 65% | 63% | 34% | 71% | 73% | 83% | 79% | 73% | 67% | 55% | 75% | 74% | 81% | 78% | 100% | 77% | 82% | 78% | 80% | 26% | 72% | 76% | 59% | 65% | 79% | 79% | 73% | 86% | 31% | |
| Not sure | 16% | 13% | 18% | 21% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 30% | 28% | 12% | 25% | 8% | 14% | 2% | 9% | 16% | 27% | 20% | 60% | 19% | 18% | 11% | 12% | 17% | 31% | 27% | 14% | 20% | 11% | 16% | 0% | 11% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 9% | 25% | 17% | 40% | 20% | 13% | 11% | 21% | 13% | 69% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Religion | Live | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-24 | 25-29 | 30-35 | 35-39 | 40+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Ind/Other | Very conservative | Somewhat conservative | Moderate | Somewhat liberal | Very liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Muslim | Atheist | Other | Not sure | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural area | Not sure | ||
| If a majority of people in an American town, city, or state were to want sharia law, would you support a proposal that would allow sharia to become the legal code for all citizens in that town, city, or state? | Yes | 7% | 8% | 6% | 27% | 27% | 23% | 10% | 2% | 5% | 18% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 16% | 0% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 0% | 13% | 10% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 18% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 18% | 61% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 13% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 0% |
| No | 83% | 85% | 81% | 55% | 61% | 65% | 77% | 90% | 88% | 57% | 77% | 82% | 72% | 89% | 88% | 90% | 91% | 82% | 78% | 74% | 59% | 82% | 79% | 86% | 84% | 84% | 87% | 83% | 80% | 83% | 84% | 85% | 71% | 88% | 85% | 84% | 78% | 30% | 88% | 83% | 64% | 76% | 83% | 86% | 81% | 92% | 31% | |
| Not sure | 10% | 6% | 13% | 18% | 12% | 11% | 14% | 9% | 7% | 25% | 14% | 11% | 17% | 4% | 8% | 3% | 3% | 11% | 14% | 10% | 41% | 10% | 15% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 13% | 4% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 4% | 10% | 10% | 4% | 9% | 8% | 12% | 33% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 15% | 7% | 69% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Religion | Live | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-24 | 25-29 | 30-35 | 35-39 | 40+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Ind/Other | Very conservative | Somewhat conservative | Moderate | Somewhat liberal | Very liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Muslim | Atheist | Other | Not sure | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural area | Not sure | ||
| What poses a greater threat to America's future: sharia law or America's alliance with Israel? | Sharia law | 43% | 48% | 39% | 22% | 31% | 35% | 38% | 48% | 47% | 23% | 39% | 49% | 23% | 68% | 40% | 77% | 67% | 31% | 16% | 20% | 5% | 42% | 42% | 44% | 48% | 43% | 38% | 50% | 41% | 42% | 48% | 41% | 71% | 64% | 46% | 42% | 54% | 41% | 24% | 31% | 16% | 40% | 43% | 40% | 45% | 52% | 17% |
| America's alliance with Israel | 25% | 27% | 24% | 34% | 34% | 28% | 33% | 23% | 24% | 33% | 28% | 21% | 32% | 16% | 28% | 17% | 17% | 27% | 42% | 48% | 8% | 21% | 25% | 25% | 28% | 39% | 22% | 14% | 26% | 26% | 24% | 28% | 18% | 15% | 24% | 28% | 22% | 39% | 37% | 31% | 27% | 25% | 28% | 32% | 24% | 17% | 10% | |
| Neither | 15% | 17% | 13% | 18% | 16% | 21% | 11% | 15% | 14% | 19% | 25% | 5% | 25% | 7% | 13% | 3% | 6% | 21% | 20% | 16% | 46% | 17% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 12% | 24% | 29% | 12% | 15% | 18% | 14% | 0% | 7% | 14% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 31% | 19% | 24% | 19% | 14% | 11% | 17% | 16% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 16% | 8% | 23% | 26% | 20% | 16% | 19% | 15% | 15% | 25% | 8% | 26% | 20% | 8% | 19% | 4% | 10% | 21% | 23% | 16% | 41% | 20% | 20% | 16% | 9% | 5% | 16% | 7% | 20% | 16% | 11% | 17% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 20% | 33% | 16% | 15% | 17% | 14% | 15% | 73% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Religion | Live | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-24 | 25-29 | 30-35 | 35-39 | 40+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Democrat | Republican | Ind/Other | Very conservative | Somewhat conservative | Moderate | Somewhat liberal | Very liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Evangelical Christian | Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Muslim | Atheist | Other | Not sure | Major city | Suburbs | Small city | Town | Rural area | Not sure | ||
| Which religious ideology poses a greater threat to America's future: sharia law or traditional Christianity? | Sharia law | 55% | 60% | 51% | 28% | 42% | 45% | 56% | 59% | 61% | 23% | 46% | 68% | 34% | 80% | 52% | 87% | 79% | 47% | 22% | 28% | 14% | 56% | 52% | 60% | 55% | 54% | 38% | 50% | 59% | 57% | 55% | 49% | 71% | 76% | 57% | 62% | 43% | 42% | 22% | 46% | 18% | 50% | 56% | 57% | 55% | 60% | 17% |
| Traditional Christianity | 13% | 14% | 12% | 40% | 25% | 19% | 15% | 9% | 10% | 27% | 16% | 10% | 16% | 7% | 15% | 8% | 7% | 12% | 29% | 22% | 5% | 10% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 15% | 9% | 13% | 10% | 15% | 15% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 8% | 20% | 28% | 27% | 20% | 12% | 15% | 14% | 10% | 19% | 7% | 4% | |
| Neither | 23% | 19% | 26% | 14% | 20% | 21% | 19% | 24% | 21% | 31% | 29% | 12% | 41% | 8% | 18% | 2% | 9% | 30% | 34% | 36% | 56% | 22% | 23% | 22% | 24% | 21% | 24% | 30% | 18% | 24% | 23% | 25% | 18% | 10% | 24% | 22% | 28% | 25% | 37% | 26% | 33% | 29% | 20% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 10% | |
| Not sure | 9% | 8% | 11% | 18% | 13% | 15% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 20% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 5% | 14% | 3% | 5% | 11% | 14% | 14% | 25% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 5% | 2% | 23% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 0% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 5% | 15% | 8% | 37% | 7% | 9% | 12% | 4% | 10% | 69% | |
| Survey Demographics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | 48% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female | 52% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 18-39 | 27% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 45% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 28% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | White | 71% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| African American | 12% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 11% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Another race | 6% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | 33% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Democratic | 34% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | 33% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | College graduate | 43% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No four-year degree | 57% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ideology | Conservative | 40% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moderate | 35% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal | 20% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Not sure | 5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
