As the clock winds down on the statewide primary election, voters in the City of Angels are still undecided about who their next mayor should be. According to brand new polling data, Spencer Pratt, former reality television star and a Republican, has received 11% support, compared to that of current left-wing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who has 24% support.
What’s really shocking is that 40% of voters have not made up their mind who they are going to back for the critically important position in the Los Angeles local government. The latest poll was conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles, and FM3 between March 15 and the 19. Not long after the publication of the survey results, popular podcast host Joe Rogan endorsed Pratt for the job.
Rogan, who fled the state of California in 2020, said that if he could, he would support Pratt in the upcoming election. “I can’t vote for you, but I’m rooting for you,” Rogan stated during his podcast. “I mean, if I lived in Los Angeles, no question whatsoever, I would vote for you.” Pratt’s home burned down during the Palisades fire. He filed a lawsuit against the city for negligence.
When he was asked if he would drop the lawsuit, Pratt said with no hesitation, “Absolutely not.” He then stated, “The city failed over 10,000 people. 12 of them died, 7,000 structures. And that lawsuit is going forward. The judge will have the ruling. So there would be no conflict because the mayor does not control the outcome of that lawsuit.”
Rogan’s support gives Pratt a much-needed boost, according to a report from Deseret. However, he is going up against a rather crowded field and faces a difficult fight against Bass. The survey results also revealed that radical leftist city councilmember Nithya Raman received 9% support. Raman has promised to cut a lot of red tape and appoint a film czar to help the floundering movie industry recover much needed ground.
Raman, who is married to “30 Rock” producer Vali Chandrasekaren, has the backing of Jeffrey Katzenberg, a Hollywood big shot who helped raise a lot of money for former President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. “Look around, studio lots like this one used to be full of people,” Raman went on to say in a new video. “Customers, electricians, set medics, caterers, thousands of Angelenos making a living. Now these lots are quiet. Since 2018, shooting days in the city of Los Angeles have fallen by half.”
Jim Newton noted in a recent commentary piece for CalMatters that Bass isn’t as strong a candidate as she was this time four years ago, especially as the city suffers under the weight of progressive policies that have done far more bad than good. “The city’s political center of gravity may be shifting so rapidly that Bass, the first Black woman to hold the office and a veteran Democrat, may be too conservative for the city she governs,” Newton explained.
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“Add that to general voter dissatisfaction with her handling of the Palisades fire and its aftermath, and Bass could face a genuine threat from Raman, the most credible of her opponents,” Newton added. In Los Angeles, a candidate that pulls in over 50% of the vote wins the primary. If no candidate achieves that level of support, the election will go to a runoff to be held on November 3, 2026.
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