The former Brooklyn bartender has big dreams for herself.
AOC doesn’t see herself as a lowly congresswoman. She sees herself as a prestigious Senator, and rumors of her dreams to join the Senate have been swirling around the swamp for some time now.
However, a new poll has just taken those dreams and turned them into dust.
Turns out that New York Senators Schumer and Gillibrand are absolutely clobbering AOC in a new poll.
The likelihood of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ousting either of New York’s senators has dimmed, with a new poll showing that she would get steamrolled by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in Democratic primaries.
While she has stoked speculation of a challenge to Schumer in 2022, a new statewide Zogby poll provided exclusively to Secrets shows her losing 54% to 21%.
And in a head-to-head matchup with Gillibrand, who is up for reelection in 2024, Ocasio-Cortez loses to the 2020 presidential candidate 43%-26%, according to the survey.
But pollster Jonathan Zogby found cracks in the support for both of New York’s senators that could provide a base for Ocasio-Cortez to build on and shock the political system like she did in ousting Rep. Joseph Crowley in her 2018 challenge in the Bronx.
Zogby said that younger Democratic primary voters, New York City Democrats, and women could be targeted if the younger liberal activist ran.
Schumer, said the survey, “performed well with almost every sub-group surveyed.” He also is well ahead in all regions of the state.
But Ocasio-Cortez scored well with younger voters and single women.
In his analysis, Zogby said, “While it would be hard to defeat someone of Schumer’s stature, Ocasio-Cortez could make things interesting in a primary by energizing the younger base throughout the state, and depending on turnout, could make a hypothetical primary interesting at the very least.
At this point now, AOC better stay squarely focused on retaining her congressional seat, especially after her challenger, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC host just raised $1 million dollars to take the former bartender on.
That’s a lot of money for a congressional bid.
This piece was written by Missy Crane on May 18, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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