Public Support, Limited Awareness: Virgin Islanders’ Views of the Sixth Constitutional Convention

March 4, 2026
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Ignangeli Salinas Muñiz, Imani Daniel, Richard Dorsey, Torhera Durand, Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, Mayra Velez Serrano

This report draws on data collected by Island Analytics in the U.S. Virgin Islands to examine attitudes toward the current constitutional convention process. By analyzing these attitudes, we offer new insights into how engaged residents in the U.S. Virgin Islands are with the constitutional convention process, what they would like to see in the constitution-drafting process, and who they think should be able to vote on future political status plebiscites.

Legislature of the Virgin Islands chamber

Key findings

  • Support for the U.S. Virgin Islands adopting its own constitution is widespread across islands, ages, and demographic groups.
  • However, awareness, engagement, and trust in the process remain uneven.
  • The convention's success will depend not only on the draft's substance, but on meaningful public engagement.