It looks as though the people of Los Angeles were stupid enough to pick proven loser Karen Bass to be their mayor for another term, although Spencer Pratt did come in a respectable second. Well, at least that's what the election returns looked like on Tuesday night … it could take weeks for Los Angeles to count all of the votes it needs to ensure a Democratic victory.
Polymarket, "The World's Largest Prediction Market," however, is reporting that Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman has surged to second place, overtaking Pratt.
JUST IN: Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman has surged to 47% in the race for 2nd place in the LA mayoral election, narrowly trailing Spencer Pratt.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) June 3, 2026
The 2nd place finisher advances to the runoff in November. pic.twitter.com/fkZfaYbnX6
Let's be clear about something:
No, she hasn’t.
— Gator Gar (@gatorgar) June 3, 2026
Her *CHANCES* on your silly website have, but she’s still at 22% of the *VOTES* in the *ACTUAL* election you’re probably interfering with at this point.
At best your post is just a really poor choice of words. At worst, a felony. pic.twitter.com/M93CClKh0h
Polymarket is going to get in trouble for election interference. The way this stuff is reported, makes it feel like it's actual election news when it's not. You guys are going to get sued eventually for this.
— Larry Dick (@fixournews) June 3, 2026
I’ll be SHOCKED when Pratt gets squeezed out by the two communists when they start counting the bazillions of mail-in ballots.
— Texas Boomer (@TheTexasBoomer) June 3, 2026
What outsiders don’t know is that in California non Democrat voters forgot how to use mail-in ballots several years ago. 🙄
Spencer had a nice run tho.
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“Release the DSA-harvested, mail in ballots now.” pic.twitter.com/pnlnKlyust
— JacobTriple10 (@jacobgehl) June 3, 2026
This is a poll, people. It’s not election results.
— Paul Cobb (@IronFederalist) June 3, 2026
Wow, this is SO misleading. This is a prediction market, not election results.
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) June 3, 2026
Yeah, once they're through counting in 30 days or so, it'll be her and Bass.
— Michael Huff (@ClassicFord52) June 3, 2026
What do the odds say on whether the election is rigged or not?
— 🇺🇸 Don Goyo (He/Haw) 🇺🇸 (@GSCollins99) June 3, 2026
Why are you lying?
— Bella (@stockbella) June 3, 2026
Betting sites are garbage.
— America First Annie 🇺🇸 MAGA (@AmFirstMAGA2) June 3, 2026
Betting sites are garbage, and Democrats cheat. Both can be true.
This is the betting not the actual votes. Come on.
— MeliAndee (@meliandee) June 3, 2026
How is it you can post about stuff on your betting markets, and this is not considered influence on your own betting market?
— Joshua P (@rfchimpz) June 3, 2026
The info presented is misleading. She is not performing at the percentages posted in the actual vote counts, only on Polymarket's odds on their website.
— Matt Mills (@mattavers) June 3, 2026
This is potential election interference level misinformation
This is misleading. All Polymarket is is a betting site. It doesn't reflect polling and it doesn't reflect actual results.
— The Italian Texan Stallion (@GMErectheus) June 3, 2026
It just shows that people are betting that they're going to find a whole lot of mail-in ballots for Raman over the next few weeks.
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