Nithya Raman Opens 11-Point LA Mayoral Lead Over Karen Bass at 39%-28%
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 23
Nithya Raman Opens 11-Point LA Mayoral Lead Over Karen Bass at 39%-28%
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 23
Summary
A Berkeley/Los Angeles Times poll released Wednesday put Nithya Raman at 39% and Mayor Karen Bass at 28%, with about one-third of likely Los Angeles voters still undecided six weeks before Election Day.
Those undecided voters are a central wild card: 63% of supporters of eliminated independent Spencer Pratt have not chosen a general-election candidate, while 22% lean to Bass and 16% to Raman.
Bass enters the stretch run with a 63% unfavorable rating and 28% favorable, while Raman is viewed more evenly at 40% favorable and 39% unfavorable; Raman dominates among voters 18 to 39, and Bass leads seniors by 20 points.
The poll lands as the Los Angeles Police Protective League launches an ad and canvassing push targeting 300,000 homes to defeat Raman, arguing her record and DSA ties reflect an anti-police agenda.
Mail ballots go out in less than two weeks for the Nov. 3 election, and both campaigns are contesting the survey's meaning—Raman calling it momentum, Bass dismissing it as an outlier after the pollster missed the June primary.