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Mexico’s electoral moment of truth approaches
From Mexico, DAVID RABY reports that although Morena’s candidate is expected to win, unless that victory is outright and massive, the nation’s recent bold programme of progress could be subverted by the right
Confetti showers presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, right, and mayoral candidate Clara Brugada, as they raise their arms during Sheinbaum's closing campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, May 29, 2024
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THIS Sunday June 2 it really is all up for grabs in Mexico, with the election of a new president, 128 senators, 500 deputies (MPs) in the lower house, nine state governors and many local mayors and local assembly members.
As Tony Burke explained very well in an article in the Star (A crucial juncture for Mexico, May 22) almost all polls give a huge lead — from 20 to 28 per cent — to Claudia Sheinbaum, presidential candidate of Morena (or to be more precise, of the Let’s Keep Making History coalition with two smaller parties).
A distant second is Xochitl Galvez of the Strength and Heart for Mexico conservative coalition uniting the right-wing PAN, the previously dominant PRI and two smaller parties. In third place is Jorge Alvarez Maynez of the Citizens’ Movement, a centrist party with a very opportunistic record.
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