Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt saw his support surge in the first polling since his impressive performance in the contest’s first debate.
Support for Pratt has more than doubled, according to the Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics poll, as compared to March.
The gains made by the top 3 candidates appeared to be from voters who had been undecided, previously at 51% in March.
The former reality TV star had his support jump to 22% after previously garnering only 10%. The 12-percentage-point jump is the highest among all candidates in the poll.
Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass still holds on to the top spot with 30% and saw her support grow from 20% in March. Socialist-aligned Democrat Nithya Raman also made big gains, with 19% support after getting only 9% in March.
The gains made by the top three candidates appeared to be from voters who had been undecided, previously at 51% in March. In the most recent poll, only 16% said they remained undecided.
Pratt pummeled both the incumbent mayor and Raman during the debate last week and mocked their claims that homelessness had decreased because of their liberal programs.
“The reality is, no matter how many beds you give these people, they are on super meth. They are on fentanyl. The DEA statistic says 93% of this is a drug addiction problem,” Pratt said during the debate.
“I will go below the Harbor Freeway tomorrow with [Raman], and we can find some of these people she’s going to offer treatment for,” he added. “She’s going to get stabbed in the neck!”
Raman, a city councilwoman, appeared unprepared for some of the questions and stumbled in her attempt to differentiate herself from Bass, her former ally.
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Pratt has also been able to score a fundraising victory by beating all other candidates in donations thus far in the campaign.
Prediction market Kalshi recently had Raman’s chances to win the mayoral rate plummeting from a high of 64% all the way down to 14%.
The race is technically nonpartisan, and the primary election will be held on June 2. If any candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, that candidate will be declared the next mayor. However, if no candidate earns more than 50% of the vote in the primary, the top two vote-getters will advance to the general election in November.
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