A new poll by U.C. Berkeley and the Los Angeles Times found that challenger Nathan Hochman leads George Gascón in the race for L.A. County District Attorney by 30 percent, framing the race as an uphill battle for the incumbent heading into Tuesday's KNX News - L.A. Times debate.
The poll found that 51% of likely voters said they would choose Hochman, while 21% said they would choose Gascón.
UC Berkeley Poll Director Mark DiCamillo told KNX News that the voters’ opinion of Gascón are reflected in the poll.
“The image that George Gascon has with voters is negative. That’s really the main driver of this poll,” he said. “51% of voters say they have an unfavorable opinion of Gascón. Just 23% have a favorable opinion. So we're looking at about a two-to-one negative rating.”
DiCamillo also said those voting for Hochman gave reasons why.
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“And we also asked Hoffman's voters, ‘What were some of the important reasons they were supporting him?’” he said. “And they do give a number of things - he'll be more effective in prosecuting cases involving violent crime. 73% said that was an extremely important reason for supporting him.”
The poll also found that 28% of voters are undecided.
Hochman and Gascón will face off in a KNX News - L.A. Times debate on Tuesday night at 5 p.m. You can listen to the the one-hour, commercial-free debate on KNX News 97.1 FM. Live video will be streamed on KNXNews.com, latimes.com, the L.A. Times app and the L.A. Times YouTube channel.
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