More than half of New Yorkers said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) should be replaced by another Democrat in the leadership post, according to a survey released Tuesday.
The Marist poll found 53 percent of New Yorkers said they think another member of the Democratic Party should replace Schumer, 74, as the party’s leader in the upper chamber. Another 45 percent of respondents said Schumer, serving in his fifth term, should remain in the post.
Democrats were divided over the question. Around half said he should remain in the position, while 48 percent said they think it is time for the longest-serving senator from New York to pass the torch to another Democrat.
Schumer has gotten blowback from many lawmakers and supporters within the Democratic Party after announcing on the Senate floor in March that he would vote to advance a GOP-led spending bill that would keep the government funded. The legislation, which ended up passing both chambers and was signed by President Trump, featured provisions that Democrats opposed.
About a third of registered New York state voters, 34 percent, said they think Schumer is doing either a good, 21 percent, or excellent, 13 percent, job in office. Another 20 percent rated his job performance as fair, while 36 percent of voters gave him poor marks. Some 10 percent of voters were unsure.
In 2021, Schumer’s approval rating was 41 percent, with 15 percent giving him excellent marks while 26 percent said he was doing good. Around 28 percent said his performance in the Senate was fair while another 27 percent said it was poor.
The poll was conducted from April 3-9 among 1,204 New York state adults. The margin of error was 3.5 percentage points.
