CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten warned of a “revolt within the Democratic Party,” stating that there are likely “sirens going off” in Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) office in response to alarming new polling data.
“This, I think, is a revolt, a revolt that is going on within the Democratic Party right now, Democrats and their leaders,” Enten said during a segment on “CNN News Central” on Thursday.
According to a Gallup poll released this month, only 39% of Democrats now trust their party’s congressional leaders to “do the right thing” on economic issues—a sharp drop from 80% in April 2024.
“Holy Toledo!” Enten declared regarding the new survey results. “That is the lowest number by far in Gallup polling, the lowest previous was just 60%, which is 21 points higher than this. Democrats hate, hate, hate, hate what their congressional leaders are doing in Washington right now on the key issue of the day right now, the economy.”
Enten then turned his focus to Schumer, citing new Siena College data showing his favorability among New York Democrats has fallen sharply—from 73% in April 2024 to just 52% today.
“That is the lowest I could ever find and see on Sienna College on how Democrats in Chuck Schumer’s home state view him. And keep in mind, if you’re thinking about a primary challenge, it would be a few years away,” he said, adding that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who has been rumored to be considering a primary against Schumer, currently holds a higher favorability rating.
Enten then said the numbers he is seeing are “unfathomable.”
“I never thought I’d see the day in which just 52% of New York Democrats would view Chuck Schumer unfavorably. It’s almost unfathomable,” he said.
“This screams-, siren should be going off: ‘primary challenge, primary challenge, primary challenge!’ When you’re a Democrat in New York and these are your ratings, this is a big wake up call if you’re Chuck Schumer,” he said, noting that support for Schumer to remain Democratic leader in the Senate fell from 50 percent last year to 48 percent now.
A former pollster for former President Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said during an interview in late February that the party is “falling off a cliff” following President Donald Trump’s resounding victory and GOP domination of Congress.
“Well, I’ve got some new polling coming out Monday that I just looked at. And frankly, the Democratic Party is falling off a cliff,” Mark Penn told Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
“The ratings, which were in the high 40s, are going to be like 35 percent, and I think the basic question, who is doing a better job as president, Biden or Trump? Trump is winning that with 57 percent,” he added.
“I think you’re seeing a retrospective assessment of Biden and the direction the Democratic Party was going; it really a lot more negative than it was on Election Day. And they’re looking at the contrast on immigration, on economic policy, on some of the social policies, and boy, they’re reevaluating and the Democratic Party, I have never seen anything like this,” Penn continued.
“This is a record low for the Democratic Party in terms of favorability. It has fallen really, really way down. And I don’t think there’s any leadership right now that’s going to be able to bring that back,” said Penn.