{"id":2646475,"date":"2026-08-18T11:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-mayor-karen-bass-touted-poll-showing-her-with-massive-lead-in-general-election-turns-out-it-was-a-deliberate-fraud\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:03:24","slug":"la-mayor-karen-bass-touted-poll-showing-her-with-massive-lead-in-general-election-turns-out-it-was-a-deliberate-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-mayor-karen-bass-touted-poll-showing-her-with-massive-lead-in-general-election-turns-out-it-was-a-deliberate-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Mayor Karen Bass Touted Poll Showing Her With Massive Lead in General Election &#8212; Turns Out It Was a Deliberate Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fla-mayor-karen-bass-touted-poll-showing-her-with-massive-lead-in-general-election-turns-out-it-was-a-deliberate-fraud%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2646475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the content discusses the political career and recent events involving Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. it highlights her potential near-presidential candidacy in 2020, her subsequent victory as mayor, and questions about her competence due to past associations and current governance issues. A significant part of the article focuses on a fake poll claiming she lead her opponent nithya Raman in the mayoral race, which was later revealed as a fabricated data set created to demonstrate how easily polling information can be manipulated and spread without verification. The report emphasizes skepticism about the credibility of certain polling firms,referencing previous inaccuracies and the origin of the fake poll by median Strategies,a group that claimed to be testing the reliability of political data. The piece also touches on the ongoing challenges and controversies faced by Karen Bass,including her response to wildfire management and accusations of mismanagement,emphasizing the broader issues of trust and transparency in political processes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For those of you with short memories, please keep this in mind: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was, at one point, potentially a heartbeat away from the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>In the summer of 2020, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was effectively told to pick a black woman as his running mate; to do so would be the only way to appropriately respond to the George Floyd moment.<\/p>\n<p>This narrowed his search down to three candidates: Bass, then a member of the U.S. House, former Obama-era national security advisor Susan Rice, and Sen. Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>We all know how that ended up, and while Kamala\u2019s portrait will be featured in the dictionary next to the phrase \u201cbuyer\u2019s remorse,\u201d she was arguably the best pick. Bass was passed over at the time because she had close ties with Fidel Castro\u2019s Cuba and the Church of Scientology, which were more issues of optics than of competence.<\/p>\n<p>She then went on to become mayor of Los Angeles and proved that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-mayor-karen-bass-goes-new-extreme-bid-protect-illegal-aliens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she had serious issues of competence<\/a>, as well.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s now locked in a tight race with Nithya Raman, a socialist Los Angeles City Council member. But not <em>too <\/em>tight, Bass\u2019 people wanted you to know. Last week, she was touting a survey showing her up 50 percent to 39 percent, with a margin of error of 4.1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoing the work, showing up, and gaining momentum. Let\u2019s do this, LA!\u201d read the caption on social media touting the poll.<\/p>\n<p>The post has since been deleted, since it turns out the poll was a complete fake \u2014 and it was designed to show how easily the polling game can be rigged.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LA Times: Karen Bass cheered the results after the fake survey was released last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoing the work, showing up, and gaining momentum. Let\u2019s do this, LA!\u201d Bass posted on Twitter from her campaign account, citing Median Strategies as the source.<\/p>\n<p>The post has since been\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLnUTIK7A4\">https:\/\/t.co\/oLnUTIK7A4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UbJjq6ZBQr\">pic.twitter.com\/UbJjq6ZBQr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Politics &#038; Poll Tracker \ud83d\udce1 (@PollTracker2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PollTracker2024\/status\/2089439329664032936?\">August 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/6034431-bass-raman-fake-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>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\u2019s mayoral race was bogus, according to the company that released it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Median Strategies on Monday said in its announcement about the mayoral race poll that it has stopped its polling project. Their poll showed Bass ahead by nearly 12 points, citing the response of 560 Angelenos and with a 4.1 percent margin of error.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMedian Strategies has concluded its polling project and will not publish additional polls,\u201d the company\u2019s website states. \u201cAll previously published polling releases have been withdrawn and should not be cited or treated as genuine polling data. Median Strategies was created as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karen-bass-touted-fake-poll-that-showed-big-lead-in-la-mayoral-race-firm-says\/\" title=\"... touted ... that showed big lead in LA ..., firm says\">short-term social experiment examining<\/a> how purported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s how I\u2019m imagining Karen Bass responding to this one:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent whilst their homes were burning? Do you regret cutting the fire department\u2019s budget?<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/skydavidblevins?\">@skydavidblevins<\/a> questions the mayor of LA, Karen Bass, as she faces backlash regarding the California wildfires.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nkz8onjC7V\">https:\/\/t.co\/Nkz8onjC7V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WwRwp6Imqz\">pic.twitter.com\/WwRwp6Imqz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1877115173443400065?\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s just her returning from Ghana to oversee the mismanagement of a wildfire that claimed dozens of lives and destroyed thousands of structures. Completely different. Maybe she\u2019ll just stare off into the distance for a few seconds this time.<\/p>\n<p>The veracity of the poll, or lack thereof, was discovered when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-08-17\/poll-showing-bass-leading-raman-by-double-digits-was-bogus-company-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> made what it termed \u201crepeated inquiries\u201d of Median Strategies and its polling data in the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not seeking publicity or attribution for the individuals involved and are declining interviews,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>This becomes a bit more interesting when you factor in that Median was one of the polling sources that showed nutcase socialist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fitting-hilarious-crazy-socialist-francesca-hong-loses-wisconsin-dem-gov-guy-re-entered-race-weeks-ago-wife-saw-bird\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Francesca Hong<\/a> up by a massive margin in the Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial primary, which she lost by a slim margin. Median had her up by over 20 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got Wisconsin wrong \u2014 and by quite a margin too,\u201d the firm posted on Aug. 12, one day before it released the Bass-Raman poll.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s funny is that the shadowy group initially said it existed to solve the very issue it exposed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolling has a credibility problem. Ours is the fix: no partisan clients, no campaign or party money, numbers that go wherever the data takes them even when it\u2019s inconvenient. Trustworthy polling, rebuilt,\u201d Median said in its first post on X.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll buy the \u201cinconvenient\u201d part, particularly given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/another-massive-la-fire-another-missing-karen-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen Bass\u2019 record on being reliable<\/a>. 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