He\u2019s Chucked!<\/p>\n
Only 32% of New York state voters have a favorable view of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) \u2014 his lowest approval rating in 21 years of surveys conducted by Siena College.<\/p>\n
A whopping 55% of respondents in the new Siena poll said they had an unfavorable view of the Senate Democratic leader.<\/p>\n
Fifty-five percent of people who responded to the poll have an unfavorable view of Sen. Chuck Schumer. REUTERS<\/p>\n
Schumer\u2019s rising unpopularity comes as ascendant left-wing Democrats have called on the longtime New York lawmaker\u00a0to step down\u00a0<\/a>amid fury over not winning concessions from President Trump and Republicans\u00a0to end the record-breaking government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n Schumer was viewed negatively by virtually every demographic group \u2014 liberals and moderates as well as conservatives, voters of all ages, from all regions of the state, and both sexes.<\/p>\n His support was split among registered Democrats \u2014 45% to 43%.<\/p>\n The lone bright spot for Schumer was among black voters, with 59% viewing him favorably compared to 22% who didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Only 32% of New York state voters have a favorable view of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, according to a new poll. AP<\/p>\n The survey also noted that lefty Democratic socialist firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is more popular than Schumer. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n But 63% of white voters and 58% of Hispanics gave him a thumbs down.<\/p>\n Jewish voters were also meh on Schumer, with 46% of the faith viewing the proudly Jewish senator favorably and 47% unfavorably.<\/p>\n Schumer, 74, has been a force in New York politics for five decades. <\/p>\n He\u2019s held public office since the 1970s \u2014 first as a state assemblyman, then as a Brooklyn congressman before being elected to the US Senate in 1998.<\/p>\n That makes his plummeting stock all the more stunning.<\/p>\n \u201cIn February 2005 \u2014 the first Siena Poll in its current incarnation \u2014 Schumer had a 63-20% favorability rating.<\/p>\n \u201cIn July 2005, he had his all-time best favorability rating, 70-22%,\u201d said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg.<\/p>\n \u201cSchumer is viewed unfavorably by a plurality of New York City voters, and strong majorities of downstate suburbanites and upstaters,\u201d Greenberg said.<\/p>\n The survey also noted that lefty Democratic socialist firebrand and \u201cSquad\u201d member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is more popular than Schumer.<\/p>\n