Bangladesh, Oct. 6 -- New polling has sparked a debate over the attitudes of young Americans toward Sharia law, with the findings suggesting that younger voters are significantly more receptive to the Islamic legal system than older generations. The results have raised questions about how well young Americans understand the US Constitution and whether political ideas surrounding oppression and marginalization are influencing their views on religious and legal issues.

A series of polls conducted by Our Republic and Rasmussen found that support for Sharia is considerably stronger among younger voters than among the electorate as a whole. According to the Our Republic survey, 21 percent of likely voters said they held a mostly or somewhat p...