Voters would advance Rep. Karen Bass to the November runoff by a wide margin if the Los Angeles mayoral primary were today, according to a new poll co-sponsored by The Times.
In the poll, 64% of likely voters didn’t know enough to form an opinion of him, 15% had a favorable impression and 21% had an unfavorable impression.
But Caruso faces some major hurdles, including his lack of experience in elected office and former Republican affiliation — heAsked to identify attributes they considered important in the next mayor, nearly three-quarters of likely voters said prior experience in public office was either very important or somewhat important. Roughly 7 in 10 said being a progressive in politics was either very important or somewhat important to them.
Just over half of respondents said that having a business background was either very important or somewhat important. Caruso was also the first choice among those who rated that attribute as very important. By contrast, when Riordan won, Times exit poll results showed 29% of voters identified as liberal, while 42% said they were moderate and 29% identified as conservative.
Of the top-tier candidates, Caruso is the only one to never have held elected office. He has a long record of work in the city — having served as president of the Los Angeles Police Commission and as a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power commissioner.
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