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90. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Leads Chuck Schumer in Hypothetical 2028 Matchup by 19 Points

https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/4/4/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-leads-chuck-schumer-in-hypothetical-2028-matchup-by-19-points

Following Senator Chuck Schumer’s decision to vote in favor of a Republican spending bill, some Democrats have begun to question his leadership of the Democratic Senate caucus. Recent Data for Progress polling has found that Democratic voters nationwide want him to fight harder against President Donald Trump and the Republican agenda. Meanwhile, reporting indicates that fellow Democrats have encouraged Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to consider a primary challenge to Schumer in 2028.

From March 26-31, Data for Progress conducted a survey of 767 likely Democratic primary voters in New York using SMS and web panel respondents. The polling finds that Schumer is in a weak position to win a contested primary — he has the lowest favorability of all New York Democrats tested and loses a hypothetical 2028 matchup to Ocasio-Cortez by 19 points. The most popular Democratic figures tested in the poll include Sen. Bernie Sanders (+69), former Vice President Kamala Harris (+63), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (+60), and Ocasio-Cortez (+59). Schumer has the highest disapproval of all Democratic leaders tested.



New York Democratic primary voters consider “threats to democracy” to be the most important issue to their vote, followed by “programs like Social Security and Medicare” and then “economy, jobs, and inflation.” A staggering 84% of these voters also say that Democrats in Washington are not doing enough to stand up to Trump and the MAGA movement.



In a hypothetical matchup for the 2028 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in New York, Ocasio-Cortez leads Schumer by a 19-point margin, 55% to 36%. Ocasio-Cortez leads with primary voters across racial and ethnic subgroups, with a 16-point lead among Black voters, a 15-point lead among white voters, and a 28-point lead among Latino voters. Among voters under 45, she holds a 50-point lead, and she carries voters 45 and over by 8 points. Ocasio-Cortez also leads with voters across gender and educational status, while Schumer only leads among self-identified moderates.



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