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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | November 2005 
New Survey: López Obrador Still Leading
 Wire services
| | The two primary candidates for Mexico's former ruling PRI party, Everardo Moreno, left, and Roberto Madrazo, second from right, during a debate on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, in Mexico City. Madrazo is seen as likely to win the party's 2006 presidential nomination, but faces an uphill battle against leftist former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who leads polls on the race. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) |
Former Mexico City Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador continues to lead public opinion polls in advance of the 2006 presidential election, a new survey revealed Monday.
López Obrador, nominee of the Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD, was supported by 39 percent of those surveyed for a poll published in the daily Milenio newspaper 10 points ahead of Roberto Madrazo, the likely presidential nominee for the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
In third place with 25 percent was Felipe Calderón, the official nominee of President Vicente Fox's National Action Party, or PAN.
The majority of those surveyed said they believed López Obrador to be the most responsible and honest, the most respectful of the law and the most concerned for the people. They also believe he has the most experience, the best team, and the greatest capacity to negotiate.
The poll was based on face-toface interviews with 1,000 adults between Oct. 27 and Oct. 30. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
López Obrador has led the presidential polls for close to two years, and because of that many political observers believe the left has a good chance of winning the presidency for the first time in the country's history.
The former mayor became popular in Mexico City through heavy spending on public works projects, pensions and other handouts for key voting blocs programs he has proposed on a national scale.
Despite being the leading candidate within his party, Madrazo is perceived by many as a symbol of the old, corrupt and authoritarian PRI, which ruled the country for 71 years until Fox defeated the party in 2000.
Calderón, who initially trailed former Interior Secretary Santiago Creel only to go on and easily defeat him in three separate primary votes, is not well known among most Mexicans, and will have to work hard to match López Obrador's popularity. |
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