Most L.A. voters undecided about mayor's race, with support for Bass at 20%, poll finds

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A majority of Los Angeles voters are undecided about the race for mayor, with support for incumbent Karen Bass at 20%, according to a new poll.The poll by Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics found that about 51% of Angelenos have not made up their minds about who should lead the city for the next four years.Spencer Pratt, a conservative reality TV star, came in second to Bass, at just over 10%.

City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a former Bass ally who shook up the field with her last-minute entry, polled at slightly more than 9%.Tech entrepreneur Adam Miller was supported by just over 4% of those polled, with leftist candidate Rae Huang at about 3%.

Although Bass had the most support among the candidates in the June 2 primary election, the poll showed that nearly half of Angelenos are unhappy with her performance.She was weakened politically by her handling of the devastating Palisades fire but has touted reductions in homicides and homelessness.About 25% of those polled said they approve of the job Bass is doing as mayor, while about 47% disapprove.

About 28% said they have no opinion or felt neutral.The poll, based on interviews with 350 likely voters March 7-9, revealed just how up for grabs the mayoral election is, with less than three months before the primary.“This is a wide open race,” said Zev Yaroslavsky, a former city council member and L.A.

County supervisor who runs the Los Angeles Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.“The general narrative [of the poll] is that the mayor is not popular for somebody going into reelection, but the majority of people have not made up their mind whether they’ll come back to her or go to someone else.”Bass campaign spokesperson Doug Herman did not respond directly to the poll.

But he said in a statement that the mayor “took on the challenge to change Los Angeles after decades of decline from ...