Chuck Schumer sees lowest favorability rating in two decades: Poll

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) saw his favorability rating dip in a poll released Tuesday, as many in the party call for generational changes.

According to a Siena College poll, Schumer is at his lowest favorability rating, dating back to February 2005, at 38% who approve to 50% who disapprove, a change from 41% and 47%, respectively, in June. Among his own party, his favorability rating is 49%-39%, down from 55%-35% in June. The Brooklyn native is also down with New York City voters, 39%-46%.

Schumer, 74, has long been a staple in New York politics. He began in the New York State Assembly in 1975, represented various districts in the House in the ’80s and ’90s, and later rose to leader of the upper

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