Lopez: All those undecided L.A. voters may actually know what they want, someone to win them over
Political polls are like weather forecasts.

Political polls are like weather forecasts. They’re worth passing consideration, maybe, but you’d have to be a fool to bet your house on their accuracy.And yet there’s something that rings true about the recent poll suggesting that L.A.
Mayor Karen Bass is in deep trouble among likely voters as she tries to hold on to a job that Councilmember Nithya Raman is trying to snatch away from her.Here are the numbers, as compiled by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies and co-sponsored by The Times:Raman: 39%.Bass: 28%.Undecided: 33%.Bass has naturally tried to debunk the poll. What else could she do, when her supporters are outnumbered by people who can’t make up their minds?
First reported by LA Times: California.
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