Poll showing LA Mayor Karen Bass leading Nithya Raman by a wide margin was fake: company

A poll released earlier this month claiming Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had a wide lead over Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman in the city’s mayoral race was bogus, according to the company that released it. Median Strategies on Monday said in its announcement about the mayoral race poll that it has stopped

The company behind a poll that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass touted as showing her with a double-digit lead in the mayoral race said the survey was entirely fake and part of a social experiment. Last week, Bass made a post on X showing a poll putting her at 50% and her rival Nithya Raman…