# Fewer than one in five back an amendment lowering the drinking age to 18

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/health/fewer-than-one-in-five-back-an-amendment-lowering-the-drinking-age-to-18/

> Indexed question in Health.

## Reading

Verasight surveyed 1,000 U.S. adults from September 25 to 30, 2026. Just 17.9% of Americans support a constitutional amendment to lower the legal drinking age to 18, while 58.1% oppose it.

Another 18.8% neither support nor oppose the amendment, and 5.2% don't know.

## Topline

Would you support or oppose a constitutional amendment to lower the legal drinking age to 18?

Fewer than one in five back an amendment lowering the drinking age to 18.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Oppose: 58.1%
- Neither Support/Oppose: 18.8%
- Support: 17.9%
- Don’t Know: 5.2%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-30
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: Society, Culture, & Identity
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-76](https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-76)

## Citation

APSA Omnibus Survey #2026-153, fielded September 25-30, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-76](https://reports.verasight.io/r/2026-153-apsa-omnibus-report#q-76)