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California dreaming: have the voters had enough of the left for now?

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I’ve just started following the race for LA mayor, which features a rather unusual candidate named Spencer Pratt, whose previous work experience seems to be on reality TV. That doesn’t exactly sound like a recommendation, but there was a debate yesterday in which he acquitted himself quite well. It helps that he doesn’t really talk a lot of politician-speak, but sounds like a real person speaking common sense:

This particular exchange especially illustrates what I mean:

I’m not naive enough to think someone like Pratt will necessarily win. I hope he does, but the entrenched leftism of a place like LA is formidable. But I wish him luck. I’ve known LA well over the last fifty-plus years, and I’ve seen some of what’s happened to it.

Some of Pratt’s appeal comes from a series of campaign ads that have gone viral; not all of them are made by his actual campaign:


There’s also the California governor’s race. Could a Republican have a chance? It’s hard to believe, but there’s an outside possibility (the accent doesn’t hurt):

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California dreaming: have the voters had enough of the left for now? — 19 Comments

  1. I’ll be in southern California in early July, talking to left-wing relatives. This might be interesting.

  2. I’m low tech, but the audio of Neo’s links is always hard for me to hear. I don’t think it’s my PC at fault.

  3. CICERO:

    They are YouTube videos and you can adjust the volume as you wish.

  4. He gives straightforward answers, in contrast to the “on the one hand, on the other hand” meandering answers coming from his opponents.

    Regarding Mayor Bass giving those stats on ICE: I am extremely skeptical. Bass made a number of trips to Cuba as a member of the far-lefty Venceremos Brigade. When Fidel died in 2016, she gave a praise-filled eulogy for him. Then in 2020, when she was being considered for the Demo VP nomination, she stated that her thinking on Fidel had “evolved,” and no longer saw him as the greatest thing since sliced bread. I guess that being considered for the VP nomination can cause your thinking to evolve.

    I recently talked w my cousin in Orange County. Born and raised in LA, she has witnessed the decline of Southern California. No longer God’s country. Which turned her and her So Cal family into Republicans.

  6. The voters haven’t had enough of the left because the voters ARE the left.

  7. I assume hell will freeze over before any Republicans get elected in California.

  9. Pratt’s Batman vid is brilliant political satire, his cartoonish portrayal of the gallery of leftist political villain’s raises it to genius level.

    “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon: It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule, making it a powerful tool.” #5, Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals”

  10. Donk elections are crooked as hell. I live in a bright blue county in bright blue state and judging by the local Facebook, NO ONE is voting for this shit. Both county and state governments are loathed to max.

    Washington State has repeatedly given the voters the finger.

  11. I live in California. I got my ballot on Tuesday and filled it out using the Reform California voter guide

    https://www.reformcalifornia.org/voter-guides/california

    I put it in the mail on Wednesday, yesterday.

    Today is Thursday. I just checked WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov and it says

    JUNE 2, 2026, PRIMARY
    Ballot Inbound
    05/06/2026
    Your ballot is on the way to your county elections office! The Postal Service has indicated to us that they have your ballot, and it is being returned to your county elections office.

    Yes, the system is open to corruption, but I’m not going to help that by not getting my ballot counted.

    BTW I voted for Steve Hilton. I would have happily voted for Bianco, but he has consistently trailed in the polls by a few percentage points. I can only vote for one candidate and I think this gives the best chance of the Republicans getting one of the top two spots.

  12. It is frustrating to see what’s happened to California then to see someone like Pratt lay it all out there in easy-to-understand logical language and then realize he’s not going to get any more votes than your garden variety stink bug would get if it ran. I have hoped for years that people in blue states/cities would wake up to what’s going on around them, but no. I’m still glad he’s running and putting up the good fight even if a little voice inside him tells him it’s useless. Kudos to him. I have this punk attitude after years of hope then disappointment.

  13. I am surprised more people aren’t talking about the sea change in politics that the Spencer Pratt campaign heralds. Doesn’t it level the playing field if a non-rich, non-politician can use AI to make “expensive” commercials and then run them for free on YouTube?

  14. It’s LA, Jake.
    I wonder how many people tuned into that debate. Bass and Raman both got seared by Pratt.
    Hard to believe in a city of 3 million people that Karen Bass almost ran unopposed. Then Raman threw her hat into the ring (maybe as a far-left token to make Bass seem moderate, which she isn’t). Then Pratt also decided to run. It’s personal for him though. He would be a Godsend. Despite being politically inexperienced. If he won, he would be up against the city council which is made up of far-left radicals. Commie like far-left.
    Usual voter turn out for LA Mayor race is maybe 20-25% of the electorate. Did I mention LA has a $1 Billion deficit?

  15. Another Pratt vs Bass episode, building off of something Barry noted on yesterday’s open thread:

    “…California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits…”—
    https://instapundit.com/795191/

    ****
    https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2026/05/07/pratt-karen-bass-trolling-palisades-fire-victims-deranged-theme-playground-n2193178

    After the Palisades and Eaton fires in January 2025, a FireAid concert raised hundreds of millions of dollars that were to go (allegedly) directly to the victims for rebuilding. We know through multiple audits and grant documentation that not much of it actually made its way to those individuals; instead, a significant portion has been awarded to nonprofits that allegedly were going to then distribute it to victims or that offered services needed for recovery, such as mental health resources to assist survivors in healing from the trauma of those days and grieving what they lost.

    So it’s really insulting to know that a $1 million FireAid grant to the Los Angeles Parks Foundation was used to rebuild a playground at the Palisades Recreation Center featuring a “first responder” theme, complete with a fire truck equipped with a blaring siren that will undoubtedly bring back horrible memories for the children and parents for whom that noise was the soundtrack playing as they ran from the fast-moving flames that day.
    …
    And then many of them were stuck in traffic on Palisades Drive attempting to escape.

    It was a day none of them want to remember, but can’t forget.

    Palisades fire victim Spencer Pratt, who’s now running for Los Angeles mayor, highlighted the insanity of the theme and demonstrated how loud that siren is.
    …
    [Pratt] “Watch this. What? What are they thinking? This is what kids wanna hear after their town burned down? Let’s put sirens in their park? Who are you people making these decisions? I think you’re sick in the head.”

  16. When left policies screw the average citizen, that’s good. The anger can then be directed at the traditional enemies…free enterprise, conservatives, racism, so forth.
    It’s important that the average citizen be dumb enough to buy that, which is why the left is endlessly going on about such things. They’re warmed up, waiting and just need another incident to carry the blame. No one needs to be instructed in this from the get-go. It’s in the air and is available instantly.
    Or….you don’t get to notice whatever it is because that would make you a very bad person. Crime (“RACIST!”)
    Consequently, the left is never seen to make mistakes.
    “Mistakes”?

  17. I agree with chazzand. I thought the out of control shoplifting that was closing stores and costing jobs was horrific and would cause protests in the streets. Nope. Arsonist burning neighborhoods while the city blocks the ability to reconstruct? Nope. Tens of millions going to fake organizations instead of the vulnerable? Nah, they’ll punish the ones that point it out. Instead, they’ll tax wealth and see how that goes.

    I suspect the commie will win LA.

  18. They’re going to just elect another Democrat…the right one this time.

  19. Their are stages and in California they’re about to run out of the.

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