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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | February 2006 
López Obrador Ahead of Calderón in Mexico
 Angus Reid
Former Mexico City mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador is the top contender in Mexico’s presidential race, according to a poll by CEMO. 34.2 per cent of respondents would vote for the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) member in this year’s election.
Former energy secretary Felipe Calderón of the governing National Action Party (PAN) is second with 29.6 per cent, followed by former Tabasco governor Roberto Madrazo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) with 24.2 per cent. Patricia Mercado of the Social-Democratic and Peasant Alternative Party (PASC) and Roberto Campa of the New Alliance Party (PNA) are also contending.
The PAN’s Vicente Fox ended 71 years of uninterrupted rule by the PRI in the 2000 election, winning a six-year term with 42.5 per cent of the vote.
On Feb. 18, López Obrador denied having a shaky relationship with Mexico’s business leaders, and added, "I don’t get along with influence peddlers and looters, those who have ruined the country, because they know their privileges will be over soon."
The Mexican presidential election is scheduled for Jul. 2.
Polling Data
What candidate would you vote for in the 2006 presidential election?
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) - 34.2%
Felipe Calderón (PAN) - 29.6%
Roberto Madrazo (PRI) - 24.2%
Source: Centro de Estudios de Mercadotecnia y Opinión (CEMO)
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 2,019 Mexican adults, conducted from Feb. 9 to Feb. 12, 2006. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent. |
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