But here’s the other telling number: Trump has a 74% disapproval rating in Los Angeles.
It’s not surprising that Los Angeles voters are looking for change. Many remain outraged by the 72-year-old Bass’ response to the wildfires that wiped out whole chunks of the city, and more broadly frustrated by her approaches to homelessness, immigration and crime. Raman, at age 44, splits the age and experience difference.
Pratt’s selling points are more visceral. “Everyone’s angry. All genders. All races,” Pratt said after the one and only debate. “It’s the most psycho time.”
Pratt surprised even his detractors at that debate with a performance marked by clever rejoinders, a cogent message about needing an outsider to clean up Bass’ messes, and an optimistic vision not far from the “Make LA Entourage Again” hats spotted in the wild. It’s in part why some major corporate leaders are now backing Pratt.
But much like Trump, Pratt is also reaching voters by embracing spectacle, notably viral videos—many of which look like they’re A.I. creations. They are, to be blunt, less than mayoral. In one of the most popular ones, a Batman-esque crusader interrupts a gathering of Democratic elites led by a Joker-styled Bass. He leads an uprising of other frustrated Angelenos to throw tomatoes at Bass, Newsom and Kamala Harris. (For good measure, the ad throws out a crude mockery of transgender rights.)
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