Good news, Los Angeles! District Attorney George Gascón’s reign should end in November.
In the latest IGS Poll for The Los Angeles Times, challenger Nathan Hochman leads the progressive Soros-backed prosecutor 51% to 21%.
28% of the respondents chose undecided.
The race would be closer if the undecided voters chose Gascón, but he’d still lose.
In fact, Hochman gained ground. The August 18th poll showed him winning by 25%.
Gascón said he trailed in 2020, which he did, but nothing like the latest poll against Hochman.
Voters are worried about crime. This makes sense since Gascón is soft on crime:
More from the LA Times:
The new poll — which has a 3-point margin of error and was administered online in English and Spanish between Sept. 25 and Oct. 1 — asked 908 likely county voters how they feel about “crime and threats to public safety in Los Angeles County.” Those concerns are “a big problem” or “somewhat of a problem,” according to 94% of respondents, while only 5% said they are “not a problem” and 1% were undecided.That’s bad news for Gascón, DiCamillo said, as it reflects “voter perceptions” that crime is a big problem in L.A. County. “And they’re not crediting Gascón with doing much about it,” he said.Violent crime has jumped by about 8% from 2019 to 2023 in L.A. County, and property crime has climbed by 14%, according to California Department of Justice data. Police data do show some violent crime trending down in the city of L.A. this year, as Gascón has pointed out on the campaign trail.
Here’s just a few of the many Gascón and LA crime pieces we’ve published:
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