Schumer losing favorability in second Trump term: Poll

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been losing favorability over the course of President Trump’s second White House term, according to a new survey released on Wednesday. 

The Economist/YouGov Poll found that just 23 percent of surveyed U.S. adults had a favorable view of Schumer, while 51 percent of respondents said they had an unfavorable outlook of the longtime upper chamber lawmaker. 

Schumer’s favorability has decreased since Trump returned to the Oval Office earlier this year. In late January, the New York Democrat’s favorability was 30 percent while another 41 percent of respondents said they had an unfavorable view of the top Democrat, the Economist/YouGov Poll published at the time showed. 

The Wednesday survey found that just 7 percent of respondents had a “very favorable” view of Schumer, while 17 percent said they had a “somewhat favorable” view of the senator. 

On the flip side, around 16 percent of respondents had a “somewhat unfavorable” view of Schumer. Meanwhile, 35 percent said they had a “very unfavorable” view of the Democrat. Approximately 26 percent of individuals surveyed were unsure. 

The veteran leader received strong pushback from Democratic lawmakers and groups supportive of the party for his decision to help advance a Republican-led spending bill to keep the government funded this spring. The bill, which ended up being signed by President Trump in March, featured provisions that Democrats in both chambers of Congress were very much against. 

The survey comes just a day after a Marist poll found that more than half of New Yorkers, 53 percent, think that Schumer should step down from his leadership post and hand it over to another Democrat. Around 45 percent said Schumer should keep his position. 

The Economist/YouGov survey was conducted April 13-15 among 1,512 Americans. The margin of error was 3.4 percentage points.