Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s, D-N.Y., own constituents aren’t on board with her opposition to a deal between New York City and Amazon, Inc. that would have brought thousands of jobs into the Empire State, according a new poll.
The latest poll numbers from the Siena College Research Institute show 57% of New York’s 14th Congressional District voters thought that Amazon’s withdrawal from the deal was bad for the city, while 58% of voters believed that it would be good if Amazon would reconsider opening a New York headquarters. Ocasio-Cortez was rebuked by fellow New York City lawmakers who said that parts of the deal could’ve been renegotiated rather than forcing Amazon to cut the whole thing off.
Despite the disagreement over the Amazon issue, 52% of voters in Ocasio-Cortez’s district view her favorably compared to 27% who see President Trump favorably. Ocasio-Cortez has double digits in every demographic of voters that either “didn’t know” or had “no opinion.” More New York state voters overall viewed Trump favorably, according to an earlier poll by the organization.
Amazon scrapped plans to construct a new headquarters in Queens earlier this year after facing opposition by local activists, and Ocasio-Cortez, for what they viewed was an unfair deal that served Amazon more than helping neighboring New Yorkers. Amazon pulled out of the deal shortly thereafter, leading some New York leaders to decry the opposition’s efforts.
Although 65% of voters said they have been following the coverage of Ocasio-Cortez in the news, 40% admit they feel she is too inexperienced to represent them, and 43% believe her ideas are “too radical, too far to the left.” Despite voters electing the self-identified democratic socialist, only a quarter of polled voters said they viewed themselves the same way.
The poll results were drawn from 607 surveyed registered voters in New York’s 14th Congressional District, which accounts for parts of Queens and the Bronx, where Ocasio-Cortez grew up. The poll, conducted between March 31 and April 4, has a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points.
