A new poll of New York voters has revealed that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is far ahead of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in a hypothetical 2028 primary matchup for the minority leader’s Senate seat.
According to the survey released Friday, Ocasio-Cortez is a whopping 19 points ahead of Schumer.
The poll, first reported by Politico, was conducted by left-leaning data firm Data for Progress.
It found that 55% of likely Democrat voters said they supported or leaned toward supporting Ocasio-Cortez.
Meanwhile, just 36% backed or leaned toward voting for Schumer.
9% said they were undecided.
The survey comes after Schumer faced massive pushback from his own party over his voting to advance a GOP spending bill backed by President Donald Trump.
In a statement, Bill O’Reilly, a board member at the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale, said:
“Senator Schumer is in real trouble, and that trouble’s not going away.
“The New York Left has been furious with Schumer for years, and time is finally catching up with him.
“If poll numbers stay anywhere near where they are now, Senator Schumer might be headed to golf-cart Florida rather than to reelection in 2028.”
In recent weeks, several prominent Democrat leaders have notably called for Schumer to resign.
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) and Democrat Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow have both urged Schumer to step down.
A handful of left-wing youth activist organizations have also called for Schumer’s resignation.
Danielle Deiseroth, executive director of Data for Progress, told Politico:
“This poll really does show that Democrats are united in just wanting to stand up, wanting to fight, wanting to see someone taking a stand for them.”
Of those surveyed, Democrats named “threats to democracy” as the most important issue to their vote, followed by “programs like Social Security and Medicare,” and “economy, jobs, and inflation.”
The Democratic Party has been struggling to land on strong messaging and communicate with voters.
The issue has spiraled since Trump defeated former Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 2024 presidential election and Republicans took control of both chambers of Congress.
The Democrats have been drifting without a clear leader in the party.
Democrat lawmakers are also grappling with a slate of recent polls showing that Americans are dissatisfied with their leadership.
In addition, the Democratic Party’s approval rating dropped to an all-time low in March.
In a February 18 memo, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin acknowledged that Americans view the Republican Party as “the party of the working class and Democrats as the party of the elites.”
Several national Democrat committees and lawmakers, including Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, launched nationwide tours of host town hall events across the U.S. in March.
The events are largely aimed at targeting voters in red districts.
Data for Progress surveyed 767 likely Democrat primary voters in New York from March 26-31.
The survey used SMS and web panel respondents.
The margin of error was plus or minus four percentage points.
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