LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Voters in Los Angeles remain largely undecided in the mayor’s race, with 40% still weighing their options ahead of the June 2 primary, according to a UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs poll released Friday.
Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass led the field with 25% support, followed by reality television personality Spencer Pratt at 11% and City Councilmember Nithya Raman at 9%.
The poll showed housing advocate Rae Chen Huang and nonprofit executive Adam Miller each drew 3%, while 9% of respondents said they would support another candidate. Fourteen candidates are running for mayor.
If no candidate wins a majority in the primary, the top two finishers will advance to a November runoff.
“It is unusual for 40% of likely voters to be unsure of their choice just two months before an L.A. mayoralty election,” Zev Yaroslavsky, director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA Luskin, said in a statement.
“Although Mayor Bass faces the most challenging reelection of an incumbent mayor in decades, it is highly likely that this election will be decided in a November runoff. A lot can change between now and then, so it’s a wide-open race.”
The poll surveyed 813 likely voters between March 15 and March 29 and has a margin of error of 4%, poll officials said.
Demographic results showed:
— Bass with strong backing among African American voters at 53%, with 29% undecided;
— Among white, Latino, and Asian and Pacific Islander voters, undecided respondents outpaced support for any single candidate;
— By age, Bass received 31% support among voters 65 and older, compared to 36% undecided;
— Among voters ages 40 to 64, Bass had 23% support, while her top opponents collectively drew 30%; and
— Among voters ages 18 to 39, Bass had 21% support, compared to 29% combined support for her leading challengers.
Undecided voters were the largest share across all age groups.
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