DSA’s Nithya Raman Opens Big Lead over Karen Bass in LA mayoral race, New Poll Shows

Another iconic American city is about to go down. The Mamdaniesque DSA candidate Nithya Raman is poised to become the next mayor of Los Angeles. Awful.

Mayor Bass herself has a long, pedigreed history as a leftist radical. Nithya Raman—if she were to win—would take the city several notches further to the left. Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles Councilmember Nithya Raman has taken a wide lead over incumbent Karen Bass in the L.A. mayor’s race, according to a new poll released Wednesday, although a high percentage of voters remain undecided less than two weeks before mail-in ballots are sent out for the Nov. 3 election. Raman is favored by 39% of likely L.A. voters, compared with 28% for Bass, according to the poll by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, which was co-sponsored by The Times. The poll found that 33% of voters were undecided. Six weeks ahead of election day, a third of L.A. likely voters are undecided. Nithya Raman leads with 39% support compared to Mayor Bass’ 28%. “Raman clearly has the advantage. Her task is a little less onerous than Bass’,” said Mark DiCamillo, the director of the Berkeley IGS Poll (LATimes).

I told everyone that if you don’t vote for me, Raman will beat Bass. That’s why she entered the race 10 minutes before the clerk’s office closed. She knew I was gonna destroy Bass 1-on-1. Good luck LA. pic.twitter.com/00aaxVDTgb

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) September 23, 2026

HUGE FLIP: Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman now leads incumbent Karen Bass in the LA Mayor odds pic.twitter.com/lqD7chpssd

— Kalshi (@Kalshi) September 23, 2026

Nithya Raman opens big lead over Karen Bass in LA mayoral race, new poll shows

By ABC Eye Witness News, Sept 23rd, 2026

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A newly released poll showed City Councilmember Nithya Raman with a significant lead over Mayor Karen Bass in L.A.’s mayoral race.

The latest Berkeley IGS/ L.A. Times Poll shows Raman with her strongest showing yet, leading Mayor Bass 39% to 28% among 2,100 likely voters.

But the race remains wide open, with one-third of voters still undecided.