CNN Data Guru: It’s Time For Chuck Schumer To Panic, ‘Sirens Should Be Going Off’

CNN’s resident pollster Harry Enten raised the big red flags as he broke down the latest numbers for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — who has held one of New York’s two Senate seats since 1999 — noting that the Democratic leader’s future looks far from secure.

Enten, whose official job title is chief data analyst, joined anchor John Berman on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN News Central — and he laid out the details of a Siena College poll, explaining why those numbers should be setting off alarm bells for Schumer and his team.

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🚨NEW: CNN's Harry Enten warns Chuck Schumer it's officially time to PANIC about his political future🚨

"Should Schumer stay as Senate leader? According to New York Democrats, just 50% say yes … 48% say no. This screams — sirens should be going off. Primary challenge. Primary… pic.twitter.com/q1synv0V6y

— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) April 24, 2025

“New York Democrats on Chuck Schumer — view him favorably in December of 2024. That was just a few months ago — it was 73%. Look at where that number has fallen to in just a few months. It is now down to just 52%,” Enten explained, adding, “That is the lowest I could ever find in Siena 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 — but Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s favorable rating among Democrats is considerably higher, in the 60s. So he is doing quite poorly in his own home state of New York,” Enten continued. “I never thought I’d see the day in which just 52% of New York Democrats view Chuck Schumer favorably. It’s almost unfathomable.”

Enten went on to note that other poll questions had given equally bad news for the New York Democrat — who has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and was the Senate Majority Leader for the last four years.

“They simply don’t like the job he’s doing as Senate leader. I mean, look at this — should Schumer stay as Senate leader? Again, according to New York Democrats, just 50% say yes. Look at this number — 48% say no,” he added. “This screams — sirens 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.”

‘We’ve Shown Them The Finish Line’: White House Remains Hopeful That Ukraine-Russia War Is ‘Endable’

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that they are still hopeful that they can guide Ukraine and Russia to a peace deal and end the years-long war.

Trump and some of his top administration officials, including Rubio, were in the Oval Office for a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store to discuss the ongoing conflict in Europe. The White House has struggled to push Ukraine and Russia toward a peace deal, and Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv early Thursday morning, killing at least eight people and wounding around 70 more.

Despite multiple setbacks, Secretary of State Rubio said on Thursday that the administration still believes the war “is endable.”

“This war is endable. Both sides just have to agree to it. We’ve shown them a pathway forward. We’ve discussed those ideas,” Rubio added. “It was a good meeting yesterday. There will be good meetings over the weekend. We’ve shown them the finish line. We need both of them to say yes.”

“What happened last night with those missile strikes should remind everybody of why this war needs to end,” the Secretary of State continued. “It’s horrible that those missiles landed. It’s even worse … that people were alive yesterday that are not alive today because this war continues.”

Trump added that his administration is “using a lot of pressure” on both Ukraine and Russia to get them to agree to end the war.

“If you think we’re just in there because we’re nice people — and we are nice people — but we are using a lot of pressure,” the president said.

.@SecRubio: "This war is endable. Both sides just have to agree to it. We've shown them a pathway forward. We've discussed those ideas… We've shown them the finish line. We need both of them to say yes." pic.twitter.com/iyEYmtVzwI

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 24, 2025

U.S. officials met with representatives from Ukraine and the United Kingdom in London on Wednesday, but those talks only involved lower-ranking officials after Rubio could not make it due to scheduling issues. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, and Trump said that he will meet with the Russian leader in the near future.

Trump said he was “not happy with the Russian strikes” on Ukraine’s capital city, and urged Putin to “STOP!” Trump added on Thursday, “I didn’t like last night. I wasn’t happy with it. We’re in the midst of talking peace and missiles were fired. And I was not happy with it.”

.@POTUS: "I didn't like last night. I wasn't happy with it. We're in the midst of talking peace and missiles were fired. And I was not happy with it." pic.twitter.com/aSdPhsaOP0

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 24, 2025

The president has blasted both Putin and Zelensky for their failure to agree to end the bloodshed. Earlier this week, Trump blasted Zelensky for making “inflammatory statements” that make it “difficult to settle this War.” Zelensky angered Trump after he said that Ukraine would never recognize Russia’s occupation of Crimea.

“He can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country,” Trump said. “I have nothing to do with Russia, but have much to do with wanting to save, on average, five thousand Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week, who are dying for no reason whatsoever.”

Earlier this week, The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro traveled to war-torn Kyiv for an exclusive 60-minute, face-to-face interview with Zelensky.

Speaking in front of the Saint Sophia Cathedral, Shapiro questioned Zelensky on several topics, including his tense March meeting with President Trump, the substantial amount of American taxpayer money Ukraine is receiving, and prospects for peace with Russia.

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